Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:12:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MCA support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9912101010550.20543-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <199912092215.OAA03733@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > My m77 has weird problems reading the floppy drive. I'm fairly sure this > > > has everything to do with code in the loader/bootstrap that doesn't like > > > the 2.88M drive. I used the 1.2M drive and it works great. I suspect a > > > normal 1.44M drive would be good too. > > > > The loader just uses the BIOS; you can't blame it. 8) > > I can confirm the loader problem on IBM MCA machines with 2.88M drives, > and you _CAN_ blame the loader if it does not make the _CORRECT_ calls > to the BIOS :-) Well, I stayed up hacking on boot1 last night and couldn't figure anything out. I did manage to get the 'correct' A20 setup switch implemented but that doesn't change anything. Color me confused. Any ideas? -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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