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Date:      Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:00:17 -0700
From:      "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net>
To:        "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NEVERMIND! Re: Need help: FAIL: Booting 10.3-RELEASE (64) on a VM
Message-ID:  <CADV=szVE5JOOnN3jGiJbKtxY0_Tk3YGRhLVQZaTsBxT8x0oD0Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <68546.1473800132@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
References:  <38923.1473536960@server1.tristatelogic.com> <68546.1473800132@segfault.tristatelogic.com>

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To mimic an unusefully old computer?

Brisn

On Sep 13, 2016 1:56 PM, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
wrote:

>
> 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.)
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