Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:17:01 -0600 From: Greg Skafte <skafte@worldgate.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PNP Soundcards w/ diskless booting. Message-ID: <19990520181700.J5554@gras-varg.worldgate.com> In-Reply-To: <19990521013508.Q76043@bitbox.follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Fri, May 21, 1999 at 01:35:08AM %2B0200 References: <19990520132110.G5554@gras-varg.worldgate.com> <19990521013508.Q76043@bitbox.follo.net>
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this has got it .... THANKS .... Quoting Eivind Eklund (eivind@FreeBSD.org) On Subject: Re: PNP Soundcards w/ diskless booting. Date: Fri, May 21, 1999 at 01:35:08AM +0200 > On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 01:21:10PM -0600, Greg Skafte wrote: > > I'm using /usr/ports/net/etherboot, to boot diskless workstations. > > Everything is working quite well. > > > > Now some of the stations need sound, and there are an abundancy of pnp > > soundcards that workfine, but with the network boot I'm immediately in the > > kernel, no cli to config the PNP. > > > > Now if I include the INTRO_USERCONFIG, of course I get the cli but because > > /boot doesn't exist I can't save the info, and adds un-neccesary complication > > to machines that doen't need it. > > > > > > Any thoughts....... > > If the BIOS supports PnP: Put the PCs in question in working mode. > The switch for non-working mode is usually labelled 'PnP OS', and > setting it to 'YES' will make the BIOS not work, while setting it to > 'NO' will make the BIOS work correctly (and your sound card work > without any mess). > > Don't ask me why they include a crappy labelled do-not-work button - > it is probably a result of lacking clue, as so much else in this > world. > > Eivind. -- Email: skafte@worldgate.com Voice: +780 413 1910 Fax: +780 421 4929 #575 Sun Life Place * 10123 99 Street * Edmonton, AB * Canada * T5J 3H1 -- -- When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the simplest thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex. (Janet Morris) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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