Re: Can anyone explain this?

[Galen Sampson <galen_sampson@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Rhodus wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2003, at 7:42 PM, Galen Sampson wrote:
>
> > While I have no evidence to back up the statement I'm about to make, I 
> > feel that it is probably the acpi code.  I have a ~5 year old gateway 
> > machine that has a bios supporting acpi.  When using freebsd 4.8 (no 
> > acpi support) the machine would boot fine every time.  Now that 4.9 
> > came out I compiled acpi support into the kernel.  The power button on 
> > the front functions perfectly with acpi, and I don't have to worry 
> > about apmd, etc.  Now that I am using acpi every time I turn the 
> > machine on I get an error "Drive A: floppy device incorrect.  Press 
> > ESC to continue booting".  Of course I could be totally wrong.
>
>
> No this problem has nothing to do with the ACPI code. The CMOS is
> only cleared out when rebooting an SMP kernel(with or w/o ACPI).
> The ACPI support Dragonfly currently has is not on by default, which
> means its not compiled into your kernel unless you define 'device acpica'
> in your kernel configuration file. This problem became apparent back
> during the initial integration of the lwkt code.
Does that mean you have a general idea of the date this started happening?

Regards,
Galen