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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-cv!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.cc.wwu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!spleen.apl.washington.edu!user From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.0.5-ALPHA install Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 15:31:35 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington Lines: 29 Message-ID: <kargl-0506951531350001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> References: <87hh69ixsc.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> <3qoeni$71v@agate.berkeley.edu> <87u4a8jbx7.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> <3qqugq$93j@agate.berkeley.edu> <3qtvv2$qev@gazette.engr.sgi.com> <874u25pcy2.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nntp3.u.washington.edu In article <874u25pcy2.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com>, rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com (Robert Sanders) wrote: > On 5 Jun 1995 04:08:02 GMT, minakami@carenath.engr.sgi.com (Michael Minakami) said: > > > I'm having exactly the same problem. System is a 386 DX/40 with 8MB, Adaptec > > 1542B, Etherlink III, and a modem w/16550 UART. The disk is entirely devoted > > Someone on the freebsd-hackers said that disabling all the devices > that might appear at 0x300 fixed the problem for him. I'll try that > tomorrow. I haven't tried the -c config prompt yet; I hope it's > fairly straightforward. I'm not familiar with all the FreeBSD device > names yet. This will work. Yes, the -c thing is easy. This problem is known, and I have seen threats from some of the core team and major hacker contributors about gutting some device drivers to make them more consistent. Probably, a 2.1 or 2.2 project. BTW, the someone was me. I seem to answer a lot of 3c509 questions. -- Steven G. Kargl Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Seattle, WA 98105