From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 10 7:12:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [63.67.141.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF0D15356; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 07:12:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA08195; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:12:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:12:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MCA support In-Reply-To: <199912092215.OAA03733@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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