Subject: Re: one more thing (Re: More on SCSI timeouts during installation )
To: Amir Rosenblatt <amir@garpac.com>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/06/1996 00:57:02
Amir Rosenblatt <amir@garpac.com> writes:

> On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> 
> > Can you try a FreeBSD install disk?  I want to ensure that I've already
> > fixed your problem in the FreeBSD driver.  The latest snapshot can
> > be found in ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/...
> 
> Also, upon probing the card FreeBSD gives me the following message:
> 
> int line register not set in BIOS

Typically, you have to tell the BIOS which interrupt lines to use for
PCI devices.  If you don't do this, the BIOS won't properly configure
them.

You might be able to get away with not configuring the hardware
correctly under DOS, because most disk activity is polled.