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Date:      Sun, 1 Sep 1996 22:50:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Darius Moos <moos@degnet.baynet.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>, Harald Wittmann <wittmann@fmi.uni-passau.de>
Subject:   Re: Problem: AHA-2940 and Floppy-controler = no bootup
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960901224929.227V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <32281847.46B5@degnet.baynet.de>

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On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Darius Moos wrote:

> Doug White wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Darius Moos wrote:
> > > there is no floppy-controller on the motherboard;
> > > therefore my friend used the floppy-controller on the IO-card.
> > Odd.  Is there an option to disable it in the BIOS, and if so, is it
> > turned off?
> 
> There is no option in the BIOS regarding the floppy-controller.
> 
> > Is something using the floppy controller IRQ (irq 3 I think)?
> 
> It is IRQ 6 and there are no conflicts.

Hm...I'm a bit lost then.  Have you tried a known working i/o board from
another computer?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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