Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 14:40:58 -0500 From: Tanvir Hassan <tanvir@mail.org> To: Tim Fletcher <tim@night-shade.demon.co.uk> Cc: AIC7xxx Mailing list <aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Serious BIOS problem! Message-ID: <376E954A.B09A6FDD@mail.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9906211956060.6886-100000@baneberry.parrswood.org>
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Hi Tim, How does one turn off the bios? I cannot get to the Ctrl-A part of the boot because the bios crashes by that time. I do not see any jumpers that turn off the bios either. Tim Fletcher wrote: > > I have an adaptec 2940u2w and I was going to install RH6.0 (I have 5.2) > > and thought it might make sense to upgrade to the new 2.110 BIOS. Well > > now I cannot boot my machine, it stops at the BIOS banner and hangs. > > Since I cannot boot I cannot reflash the old BIOS into my adaptec (I > > have the old BIOS from the flashing the BIOS). > > > > So how do I fix this? Adaptec tells me that I have to buy a new card! > > Turn off bios, boot off ide, reflash? > > -- > > Tim Fletcher .~. > /V\ L I N U X > tjdf@st-andrews.ac.uk // \\ >Don't fear the penguin< > tim@night-shade.demon.co.uk /( )\ > ^^-^^ > > "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. > Then they fight you. Then you win." - Gandhi > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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