From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 17 03:29:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9523116A47D for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:29:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDCFA43D5C for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:29:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from mail.dfwlp.com (localhost.int.dfwlp.com [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5H3Tic3014675 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:29:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from c-24-1-139-244.hsd1.tx.comcast.net ([24.1.139.244]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhorne) by mail.dfwlp.com with HTTP; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:29:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <55254.24.1.139.244.1150514984.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <8F95D008-1650-4EA1-AEBB-F2C6863BCC07@shire.net> References: <44125.167.246.36.14.1150464410.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> <53137.24.1.139.244.1150499368.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> <8F95D008-1650-4EA1-AEBB-F2C6863BCC07@shire.net> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:29:44 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: freebsd on a newer pc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:29:52 -0000 > > On Jun 16, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Jonathan Horne wrote: >> >> well, i figured out that if at the boot selection screen, if i choose >> option 2 "boot with acpi enabled", i can then give 'shutdown -p >> now' and >> the system will then power off properly. easy enough... >> >> but how do i set option 2 as my default boot selection? i dont see >> anything about this in the handbook. > > > My experience has been that once you boot that way once it becomes > the default. Play around with it > > Chad > > --- > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > Your Web App and Email hosting provider > chad at shire.net > > > i dont think thats the behavior im getting. when i hit 2 to boot: athena# kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 3 0xc0400000 6ab778 kernel 2 1 0xc0aac000 59960 acpi.ko athena# uname -a FreeBSD athena.int.dfwlp.com 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Fri Jun 16 20:48:52 CDT 2006 root@athena.int.dfwlp.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ATHENA i386 and when i dont: athena# kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 1 0xc0400000 6ab778 kernel when i want to boot the acpi support, i hit 2. is that the proper way, or is there some other way that resets this mode as default? thanks, jonathan