Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:09:02 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Atle Veka <atlev@flyingcroc.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-RELEASE: Where is the blacklist referenced on the install disks? Message-ID: <20050211210902.GB68406@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20050211130221.M12600@fincher.users.accretive-networks.net> References: <20050211122205.X12600@fincher.users.accretive-networks.net> <20050211205950.GA68406@dan.emsphone.com> <20050211130221.M12600@fincher.users.accretive-networks.net>
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In the last episode (Feb 11), Atle Veka said: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Feb 11), Atle Veka said: > > > ASUS p2b-d motherboards are blacklisted on 5.3-RELEASE and refuse > > > to install. Where is this blacklist located, I need to manually > > > remove that block? > > > > > > The ASUS p2b-d motherboards are quite common, we have probably > > > 100 or so left of them and have at one point had over 400. Seems > > > really strange to me to exclude a popular motherboard on acpi > > > issues... > > > > The blacklist is on BIOS versions that have broken ACPI support. > > All it does it disable the ACPI module. Your system should still > > boot fine without it. > > This is during a new install and after loading all floppies it > actually halts the boot process and notifies of an automatic reboot > [in 15 seconds]. Paste in the few lines before the automatic reboot message. You can also force the acpi module to load even if it was blacklisted by entering set hint.acpi.0.disabled=0 at the loader prompt before the kernel boots. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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