Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:11:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> To: Navan Carson <navan_c@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-qa@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIOS settings (was Instrallation floppies and USB) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003031610270.1423-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <38BF33E3.C21FB2A2@yahoo.com>
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> > > Plug and Play OS [Yes] > > > > Should be No. > > > > How does this setting effect traditional ISA, PNP ISA, PCI cards. Some might not be initiased. The basic point is that FreeBSD does not do the device enumeration and therefore any device that has not been configured by the BIOS or the previous OS (like Windows) is not accessable. Sometimes the BIOS wipes the configuration upon reboot and in that case the settings Windows has left behind are no longer available. Nick -- n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@freebsd.org USB project http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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