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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: EIDE 2300+ Promise
To: souchu@firtech.lri.fr
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 15:04:05 -0700 (MST)
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> Would it be a good hack to install the motherboard's int 13h in boot1
> (first part of the boot before entering protected mode) instead of the
> external one in the interrupt table ? Then, the Promise bios would be
> disabled for FreeBSD and enabled for any other system.
> 
> Anyway, my FreeBSD partition is under 1024 cylinders.

Er.  Good hack, but not a good fix (ie: it would make you run fine).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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