Re: PnP OS Problem

2002-05-03 Thread Michael Smith
> itself (since it likes to). FreeBSD does not have code to handle > assigning PNP resources, or at least code that works well :) (There is the > PNPBIOS kernel option, but I'm not sure that works anymore.) The PNPBIOS option just implements another accessor method; resource allocation is a sep

Re: PnP OS Problem

2002-05-01 Thread Terry Lambert
"PSI, Mike Smith" wrote: > Is there ANY benefit to having PNP OS enabled?? I know there are a lot > of problems if it is? If there are no benefits, I would suggest making > this (disabling it) a VERY BLATANT step (suggestion?) in the > installation instructions for FreeBSD. Again, I haven't instal

Re: PnP OS Problem

2002-05-01 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : PCI is of course immune from these problems since it has resource : assignment built-in. Actually, that's not correct. There is no built-in resource assigment in PCI. PCI just gives a convenient place for the B

Re: PnP OS Problem

2002-05-01 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "PSI, Mike Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : I just noticed that someone else ran into a problem with the solution : "Disable PNP OS in the BIOS". I too ran into that some time back for a : very different problem. If it weren't for the great help from

Re: PnP OS Problem

2002-05-01 Thread Doug White
On Wed, 1 May 2002, PSI, Mike Smith wrote: > I just noticed that someone else ran into a problem with the solution > "Disable PNP OS in the BIOS". I too ran into that some time back for a > very different problem. If it weren't for the great help from this list, > I would probably still be chasin

Re: PnP OS Problem

2002-05-01 Thread Fred Clift
On Wed, 1 May 2002, PSI, Mike Smith wrote: > Is there ANY benefit to having PNP OS enabled?? I know there are a lot I dont know about the technical details of FreeBSD in this regard, but one bennefit I can think of off hand is if you dual-boot to some other operating system where it is useful.

PnP OS Problem

2002-05-01 Thread PSI, Mike Smith
I just noticed that someone else ran into a problem with the solution "Disable PNP OS in the BIOS". I too ran into that some time back for a very different problem. If it weren't for the great help from this list, I would probably still be chasing that one down. Now I haven't installed FreeBSD fo