Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:31:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40327 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201212101531.qBAFVBAS045732@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Dec 10 15:31:10 2012 New Revision: 40327 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40327 Log: EISA is dead. Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:31:08 2012 (r40326) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:31:10 2012 (r40327) @@ -2444,52 +2444,6 @@ bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char # for xterm</p </qandaentry> <qandaentry> - <question id="hpnetserver-scsi-failure"> - <para>Why does &os; not detect my HP Netserver's SCSI - controller?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>This is basically a known problem. The EISA on-board - SCSI controller in the HP Netserver machines occupies EISA - slot number 11, so all the <quote>true</quote> EISA slots - are in front of it. Alas, the address space for EISA slots - >= 10 collides with the address space assigned to PCI, - and &os;'s auto-configuration currently cannot handle this - situation very well.</para> - - <para>So now, the best you can do is to pretend there is no - address range clash :), by bumping the kernel option - <literal>EISA_SLOTS</literal> to a value of 12. Configure - and compile a kernel, as described in the <ulink - url="&url.books.handbook;/kernelconfig.html">Handbook entry on configuring the kernel</ulink>.</para> - - <para>Of course, this does present you with a chicken-and-egg - problem when installing on such a machine. In order to work - around this problem, a special hack is available inside - <emphasis>UserConfig</emphasis>. Do not use the - <quote>visual</quote> interface, but the plain command-line - interface there. Simply type the following command at the - prompt and install your system as usual:</para> - - <programlisting>eisa 12 -quit</programlisting> - - <para>While it is recommended you compile and install a custom - kernel anyway.</para> - - <para>Hopefully, future versions will have a proper fix for - this problem.</para> - - <note> - <para>You cannot use a <literal>dangerously - dedicated</literal> disk with an HP Netserver. See <link - linkend="dedicate">this note</link> for more info.</para> - </note> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> <question id="ed1-timeout"> <para>I keep seeing messages like <errorname>ed1: timeout</errorname>. What do these messages mean?</para>
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