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| author | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-11-18 13:02:23 +0000 |
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| committer | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-11-18 13:02:23 +0000 |
| commit | 36244d82e6b47990bf77eaff5c16de1a54d0ae9a (patch) | |
| tree | e856681852ae468123033adb2afedd91e973caf0 /share | |
| parent | 0694d388b9a3bd3da047cd0b4d4a8a4c0db0f059 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-36244d82e6b47990bf77eaff5c16de1a54d0ae9a.zip FreeBSD-src-36244d82e6b47990bf77eaff5c16de1a54d0ae9a.tar.gz | |
Talk a little more about boot roms.
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diff --git a/share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD index ca187f2..7e25f07 100644 --- a/share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD +++ b/share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD @@ -274,10 +274,14 @@ Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. ** Note: You cannot boot from the Soundblaster cards -as they have no on-board BIOS, which is necessary. +as they have no on-board BIOS, which is necessary for mapping +the boot device into the system BIOS I/O vectors. They're perfectly usable for external tapes, CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card -without a boot ROM. +without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which +is generally indicated by some sort of message when the system +is first powered up or reset. Check your system/board documentation +for more details. [Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustec"] Buslogic 545S & 545c @@ -523,4 +527,4 @@ hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! The FreeBSD Core Team -$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.14 1994/11/18 01:12:13 jkh Exp $ +$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.15 1994/11/18 03:10:32 jkh Exp $ |
