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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.

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