From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 20 17:17: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from valis.worldgate.com (valis.worldgate.com [198.161.84.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D37814FBB for ; Thu, 20 May 1999 17:17:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from skafte@gras-varg.worldgate.com) Received: from gras-varg.worldgate.com (skafte@gras-varg.worldgate.com [198.161.84.12]) by valis.worldgate.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA12824 for ; Thu, 20 May 1999 18:17:02 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from skafte@localhost) by gras-varg.worldgate.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id SAA16102 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 May 1999 18:17:01 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:17:01 -0600 From: Greg Skafte To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PNP Soundcards w/ diskless booting. Message-ID: <19990520181700.J5554@gras-varg.worldgate.com> References: <19990520132110.G5554@gras-varg.worldgate.com> <19990521013508.Q76043@bitbox.follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990521013508.Q76043@bitbox.follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Fri, May 21, 1999 at 01:35:08AM +0200 Organization: WorldGate Inc. X-PGP-Fingerprint: 42 9C 2C A8 4D 2B C9 C4 7D B6 00 B0 50 47 20 97 X-URL: http://gras-varg.worldgate.com/~skafte Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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