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Date:      Sun, 16 Mar 2003 02:43:03 -0500
From:      taxman <taxman@acd.net>
To:        "Lucas Reddinger" <lucas@wlwhosting.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 5.0 Install Kernel/Dell Inspiron 2650
Message-ID:  <200303160243.03174.taxman@acd.net>
In-Reply-To: <61151.207.230.138.240.1047761178.squirrel@mail.wlwhosting.com>
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On Saturday 15 March 2003 03:46 pm, Lucas Reddinger wrote:
> But I can't get 5.0 installed. And no one seems to want to help.
>
> To boot the 2650, eisa cannot exist in the boot kernel. And it does in
> the 5.0 boot kernel. On 4.x, I can use `boot -c` to take it out. But 5.0
> does not have this feature, and I cannot get the hints to do this.
>
> So what now? I already posted my question to freebsd-current@, but I got
> no replies.

Probably because you weren't running -current.  Perhaps your problem has been 
fixed, so no one wants to solve problems that already have been fixed.  Try 
installing a 5-current snapshot from:
http://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/
you'll see boot images as small as 3MB for current.

Then try sending a message to -current with the details.  output of boot -v 
can be helpful to show exaclty where the problem is.  The dmesg from your 4.x 
could help too.  Though the best way may be to put those up on a webpage and 
point people to them.

Also you haven't described your problem very clearly.  If you just want to 
know how to disable eisa, ask that.  If you can't boot, detail what happens.  
If you boot but get other errors, tell what those are.  "It didn't seem to 
work" doesn't give anyone anything to go on.  That frustrates those trying to 
help you so most people just dont try

Tim



> Lucas
>
> > You should either stay on 4.x and live without ACPI, or upgrade to
> > -current  and live with all that goes with that.  At least test -current
> > and see if  that works better for you.  Then subscribe to the -current
> > mailing list and  ask questions there.  They are currently working a lot
> > on improving ACPI
> >
> > First read this:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.
> >html
> >
> > Them are the breaks,
> >
> > 	Tim


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