Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:14:19 +0000 From: Mark Blackman <tmb@rcru.rl.ac.uk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP success on W6-LI Message-ID: <199802241414.OAA04419@bird.te.rl.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Feb 1998 05:42:50 PST." <199802241342.FAA15456@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> > Forgot to mention that that the 4.06 Phoenix BIOS won't let me boot > > FreeBSD from either the IDE or SCSI hard drive, so I'm compelled > > to use the floppy just to get things kicked off. This Phoenix > > BIOS boot problem has been alluded to in a couple of the > > other mail messages on some of the other lists. It's an > > annoyance but a tolerable one. > > On the previous occasion, the problem was with the Intel AL440LX board; > they claim to have a fix in production. You may want to agitate > Micronics to see if they plan to update their BIOS. The bug is in > violation of one of the fundamental standards that governs boot time > operations on PC systems; I can forward you the mail I exchanged with > Intel over this issue if you have a mind to pursue it. I remember seeing some of those messages on -chat a while ago. This refers to the same problem then? If it's a straightforward question of irrefutably saying to Phoenix/Micronics "your BIOS violates agreed standard X" then I'll pursue it. I can pester for weeks without even trying hard. :) I'd really rather have a machine that boots up properly. The messages I referred to was one where jkh pointed out that he had a laptop that needed to be booted via floppy, but if it's all the same disease that's handy to know. Mark Blackman Radio Communications Research Unit Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory Didcot Oxfordshire UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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