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| author | msmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-17 06:48:35 +0000 |
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| committer | msmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-17 06:48:35 +0000 |
| commit | ff34791ad2eb672cf0cae36791aa40d7a6ce42b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ea667f354fa4ca2fd10f0c00e5600e769403109 /release | |
| parent | 214d27ba036a0504c0604bc1503b42e877cb4d75 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-ff34791ad2eb672cf0cae36791aa40d7a6ce42b2.zip FreeBSD-src-ff34791ad2eb672cf0cae36791aa40d7a6ce42b2.tar.gz | |
Mention the problem with the Intel AL440LX BIOS; hopefully we will
have more details from Intel about this shortly.
Submitted by: David Filo <filo@yahoo.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
| -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 a9c5d51..0fbe7ee 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.28 1997/08/30 10:42:21 helbig Exp $ +Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.29 1997/10/15 04:37:24 jkh Exp $ Contents last changed: Jan 14th, 1997 @@ -484,4 +484,15 @@ A: Yes, it is. There's a workaround available now and it is enabled automatically if this chip is used on your system. For the details refer to the manual page of the disk driver (man 4 wd). + +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. + +A: There appears to be a bug in the BIOS on at least some of these boards, + this bug results in the FreeBSD bootloader thinking that it is booting + from a floppy disk. + This is only a problem if you are not using the BootEasy boot manager. + Slice the disk in 'compatible' mode and install BootEasy during the + FreeBSD installation to avoid the bug. + [ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ] |
