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From: Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: bug on BTX
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dick hoogendijk wrote:
> On 22 Sep Dominic Marks wrote:
>> CyberSans AirBort wrote:
>>> i have tested 6.2-BETA and the same problem still appear when i want to
>>> install it into compaq evo desktop; BTX HALTED.
>> Go into the BIOS, disable BIOS DMA transfers **. After that it will boot
>> normally. I have about 20 EVOs, which this change they run fine. This is
>> true of all versions of FreeBSD I have ever tried.
> 
> Still remains the question on why FreeBSD is not able to boot when bios
> DMA transfers are set set to on, while XP and linux just do what they're
> supposed to. It should not be necessary i.m.h.o.
> 

Agreed. A very low priority however since it is so easy to work 
around.

Dominic