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authorjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-14 18:08:46 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-14 18:08:46 +0000
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Document the required procedure to install on an HP Netserver with
on-board EISA AIC7xxx controller, including a pointer to the respective FAQ entry.
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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.11 1996/11/29 07:19:57 jkh Exp $
+Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.12 1996/12/12 11:12:42 jkh Exp $
Contents last changed: July 4th, 1996
@@ -400,11 +400,35 @@ A: This is not actually a hang, simply a very LONG "wdc0" probe that
To eliminate the problem, boot with the -c flag and eliminate the wdc0
device, or compile a custom kernel.
+
Q: My system can not find my Intel EtherExpress 16 card.
A: You must set your Intel EtherExpress 16 card to be memory mapped at
address 0xD0000, and set the amount of mapped memory to 32K using
the Intel supplied softset.exe program.
+
+Q: When installing on an EISA HP Netserver, my on-board AIC-7xxx
+ SCSI controller isn't detected.
+
+A: This is a known problem, and will hopefully be fixed in the future.
+ In order to get your system installed at all, boot with the -c
+ option into UserConfig, but _don't_ use the pretty visual mode but
+ the plain old CLI mode. Type
+
+ eisa 12
+ quit
+
+ there at the prompt. (Instead of `quit', you might also type
+ `visual', and continue the rest of the configuration session in
+ visual mode.) Don't forget to install the kernel source code
+ distribution, you will need to install a custom kernel on those
+ systems.
+
+ Refer to the FAQ topic 3.16 for an explanation of the problem, and
+ for how to continue. Remember that you can find the FAQ on your
+ local system in /usr/share/doc/FAQ, provided you have installed the
+ `doc' distribution.
+
[ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ]
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