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diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index 1ac4b93..3b26311 100644 --- a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml +++ b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN"> -<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.14 1996/11/20 14:18:25 jfieber Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.15 1996/12/06 18:19:31 jkh Exp $ --> <article> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG' name='<pds@FreeBSD.ORG>'></tt> -<date>$Date: 1996/11/20 14:18:25 $ +<date>$Date: 1996/12/06 18:19:31 $ <abstract> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5+, unless otherwise noted. @@ -1400,6 +1400,42 @@ options PSM_NO_RESET #don't reset mouse hardware (some laptops) the section <ref id="bigram" name="on 32 MB machines">. This is a problem that occurs with the Vesa-Local Buslogic SCSI cards. + <sect1> + <heading>FreeBSD does not recognise my on-board AIC-7xxx EISA SCSI in an HP Netserver</heading> + <p> + This is basically a known problem. The EISA on-board SCSI controller + in the HP Netserver machines occupies EISA slot number 11, so all + the ``true'' EISA slots are in front of it. Alas, the address space + for EISA slots >= 10 collides with the address space assigned to PCI, + and FreeBSD's auto-configuration currently cannot handle this + situation very well. + + So now, the best you can do is to pretend there were no address + range clash :), go right ahead and edit the file + <tt>/sys/i386/eisa/eisaconf.h</tt>. Look for a line defining the + macro <tt/EISA_SLOTS/, and bump the number it's defining to 12. + Configure and compile a kernel, as described in the + <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html" + name="Handbook entry on configuring the kernel">. + + Of course, this does present you a chicken-and-egg problem when + installing on such a machine. In order to work around this + problem, a special hack is available inside <em>UserConfig</em>. + Do not use the ``visual'' interface, but the plain command-line + interface there. Simply type +<verb> +eisa 12 +quit +</verb> + + at the prompt, and install your system as usual. Don't forget + to install the kernel source distribution, since you need to + build a custom kernel, or otherwise you would have to repeat the + described procedure at each boot! <tt/dset(8)/ doesn't save this + change for you. + + Hopefully, future version will have a proper fix for this problem. + <sect> <heading>Commercial Applications</heading> |