>>>>> "cgd" == Chris G Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com> writes:

    cgd> It's not that "mode 2 is apparently available."  Either mode
    cgd> 1 or mode 2 is supported by a given machine.  Mode 2 isn't
    cgd> "apparently available," but the code which does the PCI probe
    cgd> is dumb enough that it can be confused into _thinking_ that
    cgd> mode 2 is available when it isn't.

    cgd> If anybody reading this is actually experiencing the problem,
    cgd> by all means speak up!

Compaqs old prosignia-300 machines do this. It is pentium-75 or 90
machine with pci and eisa busses.

I have one of these machines where I can run some tests if somebody
has any ideas.