From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 04:06:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0634116A4CE for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:06:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgdirector3.onetel.net.uk (msgdirector3.onetel.net.uk [212.67.96.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B7B43D46 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:06:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk) Received: from central.local.mattsnetwork.co.uk (213-78-97-196.friaco.onetel.net.uk [213.78.97.196])3.3.6-GR) with ESMTP id BRV84965; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:04:57 GMT Received: from workstation1.local.mattsnetwork.co.uk (workstation1.local.mattsnetwork.co.uk [192.168.0.140])i13C4SHt043144 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:04:34 GMT (envelope-from matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk) From: Matt Dawson To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:02:40 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200402031202.42129.matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk> X-MattsNetwork-Mailcheck-Information: Your god for today is available at admin@mattsnetwork.co.uk X-MattsNetwork-Mailcheck: Found to be clean X-MattsNetwork-Mailcheck-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0.06, required 5, AWL 0.06) Subject: Hacking the BIOS to get my floppy back? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:06:12 -0000 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Any pointers would be welcome. I have a box running 5.2.1RC in the worksho= p=20 which has the old AMI ACPI and floppy problem. If I boot with ACPI disabled= I=20 get floppy drive. If I boot with ACPI enabled I get no floppy and the usual= =20 fdc0: command failed at out byte 1 of 3 message in dmesg. I know this is a BIOS problem and have emailed ASRock, who directed my to t= he=20 Linux section of ViaArena. Idiots. I have sent them a lovely little missive= =20 explaining the difference and the problem again, but I fear it will be too= =20 much for them. I guess they just throw the BIOS together with the AMI tool,= =20 adding stock modules and really know not what goes on... ;o) My question is this: How does one go about hacking the ACPI in the BIOS? Is= =20 there a way to do it? It seems a stupid thing for such a trivial problem,=20 assigning six ports to an ISA device, but any suggestions would be welcome.= =20 Booting without ACPI or APIC is not an option. I have too many devices=20 installed in that machine for the resources available without ACPI. Chances of me buying anything with an AMI BIOS again? Slim! =2D --=20 Matt Dawson. matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk matt@shihtzucentral.co.uk NIC Handle MD2657-RIPE OpenNIC Handle M_D9 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAH43gAmT9uY8euiIRAs0DAKCDarFVRz6dhrAmiL7/+JSNqewnBgCggTp2 UiVbOU+zfKHpl/mbEAv+cm0=3D =3DTEKr =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----