From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 18 19:36:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA03638 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:36:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from net177138.hcv.com (net177138.hcv.com [209.153.177.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA03633 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:36:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matthew@wolfepub.com) Received: from thunder ([10.0.0.12]) by net177138.hcv.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA29385 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:32:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew@wolfepub.com) Message-Id: <4.1.19990118220855.00a155a0@firebat.wolfepub.com> X-Sender: matthew@firebat.wolfepub.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:38:04 -0500 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Matthew Hagerty Subject: My BIOS wants to know "Do you have a PNP OS?" In-Reply-To: <199901190144.JAA13063@spinner.netplex.com.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greetings, What should the "PNP OS?" option in a BIOS be set to? What effect does this setting have on FreeBSD? I'm having trouble with the following system: I think it is an Intel board, but there are no markings, however it is in a Micronics case and looks and smells like an Intel board. Everything is built-in, i.e. on the board: Dual Processor LX chipset Adaptec SCSI (AIC-7880H) Intel Ethernet (10/100) (82555) Cirus Logic Video (GD5446) All hard disks are SCSI and one Sony CDU-701 IDE CDROM. When I set the PNP-OS option to "Yes", FreeBSD-3.0 (CDROM) cannot find the address of the Ethernet controller. However FreeBSD-2.2.8 (CDROM) can. When I switch the PNP-OS option to "No" then FreeBSD-3.0 finds the controller!? What is "really" going on? What should a setting like this "usually" be? Also (sorry, a little off topic), neither 2.2.8 nor 3.0 can detect the CDROM. The BIOS sets it up fine and I can even boot and start the install from the CD, but when I try to select CDROM from the Media menu it says there are no CDROMs available? Any hints? Does this look more like a CD problem or an IDE/Intel board problem? The detection pauses for a *very* long time for which ever controller the CD is conneted to. Thanks, Matthew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message