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-Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id$
+Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.9.2.16 1997/03/27 09:11:59 jkh Exp $
Contents last changed: July 4th, 1996
@@ -488,6 +488,21 @@ A: This is a known problem, and will hopefully be fixed in the future.
local system in /usr/share/doc/FAQ, provided you have installed the
`doc' distribution.
+A: I have a Panasonic AL-N1 or Rios Chandler Pentium machine and I find
+ that the system hangs before ever getting into the installation
+ now.
+
+A: Your machine doesn't like the new i586_copyout and i586_copyin code
+ for some reason. To disable this, boot the installation boot floppy
+ and when it comes to the very first menu (the choice to drop into
+ kernel UserConfig mode or not) choose the command-line interface
+ ("expert mode") version and type the following at it:
+
+ flags npx0 1
+
+ Then proceed normally to boot. This will be saved into your kernel,
+ so you only need to do it once.
+
Q: I have this CMD640 IDE controller that is said to be broken.