From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 18 19:49:09 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA04699 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:49:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smarter.than.nu (lal-99-91.Reshall.Berkeley.EDU [169.229.99.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA04693 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:49:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smarter.than.nu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA05579; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:48:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:48:58 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" X-Sender: brian@smarter.than.nu To: Matthew Hagerty cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My BIOS wants to know "Do you have a PNP OS?" In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990118220855.00a155a0@firebat.wolfepub.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Matthew Hagerty wrote: > What should the "PNP OS?" option in a BIOS be set to? What effect does > this setting have on FreeBSD? This should be set to "No". When set to yes, the BIOS will violate the PCI spec and not configure the PCI cards in your system. -- Brian Buchanan brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org daemon(n): 1. an attendant power or spirit : GENIUS 2. the cute little mascot of the FreeBSD operating system To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message