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diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index 2699b83..5166eb5 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 1.34 1997/02/22 12:58:01 peter Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.35 1997/03/12 19:04:07 joerg 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: 1997/02/22 12:58:01 $ +<date>$Date: 1997/03/12 19:04:07 $ <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. @@ -1434,42 +1434,6 @@ quit Hopefully, future version will have a proper fix for this problem. - <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="../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> |
