From 592f103d6daa6cd446ab4bda3a609939239fca6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joerg Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 18:08:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the required procedure to install on an HP Netserver with on-board EISA AIC7xxx controller, including a pointer to the respective FAQ entry. --- release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp index 39aacf20c91f..03da969488af 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.11 1996/11/29 07:19:57 jkh Exp $ +Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.12 1996/12/12 11:12:42 jkh Exp $ Contents last changed: July 4th, 1996 @@ -400,11 +400,35 @@ A: This is not actually a hang, simply a very LONG "wdc0" probe that To eliminate the problem, boot with the -c flag and eliminate the wdc0 device, or compile a custom kernel. + Q: My system can not find my Intel EtherExpress 16 card. A: You must set your Intel EtherExpress 16 card to be memory mapped at address 0xD0000, and set the amount of mapped memory to 32K using the Intel supplied softset.exe program. + +Q: When installing on an EISA HP Netserver, my on-board AIC-7xxx + SCSI controller isn't detected. + +A: This is a known problem, and will hopefully be fixed in the future. + In order to get your system installed at all, boot with the -c + option into UserConfig, but _don't_ use the pretty visual mode but + the plain old CLI mode. Type + + eisa 12 + quit + + there at the prompt. (Instead of `quit', you might also type + `visual', and continue the rest of the configuration session in + visual mode.) Don't forget to install the kernel source code + distribution, you will need to install a custom kernel on those + systems. + + Refer to the FAQ topic 3.16 for an explanation of the problem, and + for how to continue. Remember that you can find the FAQ on your + local system in /usr/share/doc/FAQ, provided you have installed the + `doc' distribution. + [ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ]