Re: Memory problem Part II

["Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal%pobox.com@localhost>]

At 05:09 PM 8/10/98 +0200, Michael Boehnisch wrote:
>Ignatios Souvatzis <is%jocelyn.rhein.de@localhost> wrote
>
>michael Boehnisch wrote:
>[..]
>>> 
>>> Just to add my $.02:  In my A2000 Rev. 6.4 I have to put the
>>> Picasso II in the leftmost slot or else boards left of it
>> won't get configured most of the time.  I have no idea why.
>>
>>In your case, a hardware problem of some sort? As NetBSD does NOT
>>do any Zorro autoconfiguration of its own, but just reads what
>>kickstart passes to it via the bootloader, you should see the same
>>lossage on AmigaOS, right?
>
>Correct.  It's not NetBSD specific.

Might you be missing a jumper on your board?

There is one line that can be disconnected to disable the autoconfiguration
of a board and the boards to the left of it. It was used by at least one
memory board to allow the board to be tested by software. 
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Kevin P. Neal                          http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/

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