From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Feb 1 5:20: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 672C737B404 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 05:20:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g11DK2541722; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 05:20:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 05:20:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202011320.g11DK2541722@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Hiten Pandya Subject: re: docs/34524 (FAQ addition) Reply-To: Hiten Pandya Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/34524; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Hiten Pandya To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: re: docs/34524 (FAQ addition) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:15:17 -0500 (EST) hi, I h've finally made the FAQ entry as well, just as pointed out by sheldon. Please do not hesitate to contact me, for suggestions/comments/critics. ;) regards, - Hiten - --- book.sgml Thu Jan 31 03:18:44 2002 +++ book.sgml.new Fri Feb 1 07:50:01 2002 @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's Net/2 to the i386, known as 386BSD, though very little of the 386BSD - code remains. A fuller description of what FreeBSD is and + code remains. A full description of what FreeBSD is and how it can work for you may be found on the FreeBSD home page. @@ -1159,6 +1159,23 @@ FreeBSD. + + + + + + Why does the installation fail at startup (during the PnP + scan)? + + + + Many Problem Reports have been filed mentioning that the + installation failed at startup, during the PnP scan. Make sure you + have applied all the latest BIOS firmware + updates, and other firmware updates for your hardware. If you are + still experiencing problems, please submit a + Problem Report + , so that it can be analyzed. The above patch should be applied to the FreeBSD FAQ, and it will be added into the installation section. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message