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author | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-19 13:13:04 +0000 |
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committer | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-19 13:13:04 +0000 |
commit | e87443b5aaa8929612039511ac4270b8d2a17bee (patch) | |
tree | 8661e9e9ed0a547f1b78a663437710e69bb5dafa /release | |
parent | 6152196d33542af5f3619f45043a5d95f8740ee0 (diff) | |
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Add the hint how to install on a Compaq `Aero'.
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-rw-r--r-- | release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp index 0fbe7ee..6195e22 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.29 1997/10/15 04:37:24 jkh Exp $ +Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.30 1997/10/17 06:48:35 msmith Exp $ Contents last changed: Jan 14th, 1997 @@ -485,6 +485,17 @@ A: Yes, it is. There's a workaround available now and it is enabled For the details refer to the manual page of the disk driver (man 4 wd). +Q: On a Compaq Aero notebook, I get the message "No floppy devices found! + Please check ..." when trying to install from floppy. + +A: With Compaq being always a little different from other systems, they + do not announce their floppy drive in the CMOS RAM of an Aero notebook. + Therefore, the floppy disk driver assumes there is no drive configured. + Go to the UserConfig screen, and set the Flags value of the fdc0 device + to 0x1. This pretends the existance of the first floppy drive (as a + 1.44 MB drive) to the driver without asking the CMOS at all. + + Q: When I go to boot my Intel AL440LX ("Atlanta") -based system from the hard disk the first time, it stops with a "Read Error" message. |