From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 13 20:56:09 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33477BD963E for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:56:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 027D61C98 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:55:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from segfault-nmh-helo.tristatelogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F513AE87 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:55:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NEVERMIND! Re: Need help: FAIL: Booting 10.3-RELEASE (64) on a VM In-Reply-To: <38923.1473536960@server1.tristatelogic.com> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:55:32 -0700 Message-ID: <68546.1473800132@segfault.tristatelogic.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:56:09 -0000 In message <38923.1473536960@server1.tristatelogic.com>, I wrote: > ACPI BIOS Error (bug): A valid RSDP was not found (20150515/tbxroot-258) > panic: running without device atpic requires a local APIC So, it turns out that there was an obscure little toggle switch in the VM management console that allows users to disable ACPI in the VM, and it somehow got inappropriately set to OFF. (I'm not the least bit sure why such a switch even exits in the VM management interface. Why anyone would ever want to intentionally disable ACPI is, I confess, beyond me.)