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authorJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-19 13:13:04 +0000
committerJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-19 13:13:04 +0000
commit82b195500a0d63cfb4453fdd96d9a174d7825d53 (patch)
tree132d721e6fab11d0dbd5827f50c3ac1ce0cc2552
parent950c80614aaf308df7401d6002095a88f12a445f (diff)
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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.29 1997/10/15 04:37:24 jkh Exp $
+Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.30 1997/10/17 06:48:35 msmith Exp $
Contents last changed: Jan 14th, 1997
@@ -485,6 +485,17 @@ A: Yes, it is. There's a workaround available now and it is enabled
For the details refer to the manual page of the disk driver (man 4 wd).
+Q: On a Compaq Aero notebook, I get the message "No floppy devices found!
+ Please check ..." when trying to install from floppy.
+
+A: With Compaq being always a little different from other systems, they
+ do not announce their floppy drive in the CMOS RAM of an Aero notebook.
+ Therefore, the floppy disk driver assumes there is no drive configured.
+ Go to the UserConfig screen, and set the Flags value of the fdc0 device
+ to 0x1. This pretends the existance of the first floppy drive (as a
+ 1.44 MB drive) to the driver without asking the CMOS at all.
+
+
Q: When I go to boot my Intel AL440LX ("Atlanta") -based system from the
hard disk the first time, it stops with a "Read Error" message.