Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:10:03 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Francis Barnhart <franimal@speakeasy.net>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disabling ACPI in default install [was: Problem with RC3] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301141106400.38660-100000@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20030114181040.2BFBF5D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Francis Barnhart <franimal@speakeasy.net> > > I wonder if it might be even better to disable it by > > default. Nothing turns people off like an OS that doesn't install. > > It should CERTAINLY be turned off on the install CDs and floppies! It > was VERY frustrating to boot the CD on my laptop and have it crash > after a few minutes. Kinda hard to get a crash dump, either. The issue is, ACPI is needed to route interrupts for certain computers (namely, laptops). Without it being on, many laptops could not install the OS. I personally would prefer it being off by default with a recommendation to laptop users to enable it during the install in the install notes. But before the conversation gets off topic, I want to know where acpi disabling is documented so I can point people to the doc instead of answering the same question over and over. -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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