From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 9 19:44:59 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA03354 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:44:59 -0700 Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu (PO8.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA03347 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 19:44:56 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA12483 for freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:44:54 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:44:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix23.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:43:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix23.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:43:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix23.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.unix23.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:43:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:43:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Win95 trashing SMC EtherPower In-Reply-To: <199510100150.VAA14540@acmex.gatech.edu> References: <199510100150.VAA14540@acmex.gatech.edu> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk My general response to your SMC query is this: disable PnP both in the bios, and in the device. We configured several systems at CMU (and other places) where Win95 and FreeBSD would disagree on which plugging and playing should occur. Use your software config program (ezconfig or ezstart, most likely) to disable PnP and configure permenant non-conflicting settings. For some reason people have to run the ezconfig save twice to get it to save sometimes? Then reconfigure BSD/Win95 to match this settings. I'm not sure how much effect changing the CMUS PnP settings has, but it prevented my CMOS from deciding to switch around my comm ports for no reason I could determine (I'm on a Gateway 2000 p120.) -Robert ---- Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS http://www.watson.org/ robert@fledge.watson.org