Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:53:50 -0800 (PST) From: Andy McConnell <andym@ntt.net> To: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AWE PNP not recognized Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.981118115132.20047A-100000@dukat.noc.cup.ndp.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981118093931.conrads@neosoft.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > >On 18-Nov-98 Andy McConnell wrote: >> (Thanks Conrad! I've been working off your web-based instructions >> already!) >> >> I've done that... But I used drq1 5 instead (as recc. by the cards docs). >> >> I also didn't disable LDN 1 and 3... Would that make the difference? > >No, that shouldn't matter. > >> Did I miss setting something on the card itself? Like booting to DOS or >> (gasp) Win95 and initializing the card in some way? > >Perhaps. It's very strange that pnpinfo doesn't even find the card. It's not >one of the newer PCI cards, is it? :-) fairly new... Jut bought it new a few weeks ago. AWE64 Gold. What about the new cards makes them not found in FreeBSD? Is it the vendor ID? If so, where could I change that/recompile? if it's more complex.... Damn, it's been years since my OS class... :-) >Again, check your BIOS settings. On some machines, strangely enough, you have >to *disable* PnP in the BIOS. I'll try that first. But it seems unlikely, since the USR Sportster I have seems to respond quite nicely to the OS. >I'd say first of all work on getting pnpinfo to see the card. Until you've >managed that, it's like the card doesn't even exist. > >-- >Conrad Sabatier > >If you can't be good, be careful. If you can't be careful, give me a >call. > > -- Andy McConnell 真向練 安堵龍 NTT America IP Headquarters Have you ever noticed how nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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