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From: Reg Clemens <reg@dwf.com>
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Subject: Re: xl0: watchdog timeout 
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> * clemens@dwf.com wrote:
> 
> >     xl0: watchdog timeout
> >
> > and I have no networking.
> 
> Do you set 'Plug and Play BIOS: YES' in your bios settings? 
> 
> I had the same error some month ago, I switched 'PnP BIOS' to NO and
> everything works fine ...
> 
>         Steve           /\          http://www.crashmail.de
> 

Thanks, that did it.
Strange that only FreeBSD (of FreeBSD, Linux, Win2000) has this
problem.  I have to consider it a deficiency in its kernel.


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