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Date:      Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:02:40 +0000
From:      Matt Dawson <matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Hacking the BIOS to get my floppy back?
Message-ID:  <200402031202.42129.matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk>

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Hi all,
	Any pointers would be welcome. I have a box running 5.2.1RC in the worksho=
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which has the old AMI ACPI and floppy problem. If I boot with ACPI disabled=
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get floppy drive. If I boot with ACPI enabled I get no floppy and the usual=
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fdc0: command failed at out byte 1 of 3 message in dmesg.

I know this is a BIOS problem and have emailed ASRock, who directed my to t=
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Linux section of ViaArena. Idiots. I have sent them a lovely little missive=
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explaining the difference and the problem again, but I fear it will be too=
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much for them. I guess they just throw the BIOS together with the AMI tool,=
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adding stock modules and really know not what goes on... ;o)

My question is this: How does one go about hacking the ACPI in the BIOS? Is=
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there a way to do it? It seems a stupid thing for such a trivial problem,=20
assigning six ports to an ISA device, but any suggestions would be welcome.=
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Booting without ACPI or APIC is not an option. I have too many devices=20
installed in that machine for the resources available without ACPI.

Chances of me buying anything with an AMI BIOS again? Slim!
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Matt Dawson.

matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk
matt@shihtzucentral.co.uk
NIC Handle MD2657-RIPE OpenNIC Handle M_D9
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