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@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@
<para arch="alpha">The floppy disk drive on the AlphaStation /
AlphaServer DS10 does not work with &os; due to unfound bugs.</para>
+ <para arch="alpha">When installing on alphas that have QLogic
+ Fibrechannel cards installed, disable recognition of these cards
+ from the loader. This to avoid very long &man.isp.4; timeouts
+ during kernel startup. For example, assume you have a system with
+ a QLogic Fiberchannel card that would show up as isp1. You would
+ enter at the 'ok ' prompt: set isp_disable=0x2</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>