amd64/162708: FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 amd64 fails to boot on Dell Optiplex GX620

Tue Nov 29 20:30:12 UTC 2011

The following reply was made to PR amd64/162708; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org>
To: "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-freebsd-gnats at weller-fahy.com>
Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy at acm.org>,
 freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64/162708: FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 amd64 fails to boot on Dell Optiplex GX620
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:26:17 -0500

 On Friday, November 25, 2011 12:16:30 am David J. Weller-Fahy wrote:
 > * David J. Weller-Fahy <dave-freebsd-gnats at weller-fahy.com> [2011-11-24 
 14:41 -0500]:
 > > When doing the upgrade, I noticed /boot/device.hints had an addition
 > > for attimer.0.  I'll next try to get 9.0-RC2 to boot without ACPI
 > > (I'll try removing that hint).
 > 
 > Removed the hints regarding attimer.0, same results.

 Try adding 'debug.acpi.disabled=hostres' at the loader prompt.

 -- 
 John Baldwin