Setting kernel.printk = 4 during installation

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Melvin Stark

I receive ACPI errors during FreeBSD 10.2 installation that obscure the screens, making installation impossible. Adding "kernel.printk = 4" to /etc/sysctl.conf suppresses the errors on other distributions.

Is there a way to modify /etc/sysctl.conf during installation? If not, I'm open to other solutions to my ACPI problem
 
I tried the following with kern.consmute:

I chose option 3 "escape to loader prompt"

I set kern.consmute=1

Finally, I ran the boot command.

Unfortunately, that didn't work. I still had ACPI messages obscuring my screen. I also tried to set kern.consmute=0 with the same result. Both times I executed echo $kern.consmute which resulted in 1 and 0 so I assume the set command worked.

Is that the right way to set kern.consmute? Was I correct to type "boot" at the OK prompt? Are there other values I should try?
 
boot -m looks like it would also mute the console.

Juha

Yes, it did. Never tried it before. If you manage to get to a shell prompt, sysctl kern.consmute=1 should be equivalent.
 
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