From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 25 05:29:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA05642 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 05:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA05637 Thu, 25 Apr 1996 05:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA25186; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 21:55:42 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604251225.VAA25186@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Boot floppy problem with Intel Atlantis motherboard (Mac To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 21:55:41 +0930 (CST) Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, dshin@ponder.csci.unt.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9603258304.AA830432191@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at Apr 24, 96 05:46:02 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > > Use -c and turn off all the sio ports (especially sio3). > > Is this the S3 video chip vs. COM4: conflict? Actually, S3 parts are very tolerant of activity on that port. Sadly, the ATI Mach64 chips _aren't_, and these are the ones that cause problems. It all started with IBM and the 8514... > --Brett -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[