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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: pcm0
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Doug White writes:
 > On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, M. L. Dodson wrote:
 > 
 > >  > > The quick and easy solution to this is to go into the BIOS and set the
 > >  > > 'PnP OS' options to 'no' or 'other'.  
 > > 
 > > I've seen this quick and easy solution posted several times to
 > > the list.  However, I have a workstation motherboard which will
 > > not boot with PnP OS set to 'no'.  Panics during/just after
 > > probing the disks.
 > 
 > Which panic?
 > 
 > > Am I missing something here?
 > 
 > That would smell like a nasty BIOS bug.
 > 

I'll have to turn it back off in the BIOS tonight when I get home
and write down the panic message.  I think you are very probably
right: really cheap noname MB with "VX-Pro" chipset, whatever
that is.  Even needed a special PCI driver under Win95 when it
was in my wife's machine.

However, it would make a really convenient test box for, e.g.,
CURRENT, automated network installs, netboot testing, etc., so I
would like to understand this aspect of using it with FBSD.

Thanks,
Bud Dodson

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 > 
 > 
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