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Mention the problem with the Intel AL440LX BIOS; hopefully we will

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have more details from Intel about this shortly.

Submitted by:	David Filo <filo@yahoo.com>
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Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.28 1997/08/30 10:42:21 helbig Exp $ Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.29 1997/10/15 04:37:24 jkh Exp $
Contents last changed: Jan 14th, 1997 Contents last changed: Jan 14th, 1997
@ -484,4 +484,15 @@ A: Yes, it is. There's a workaround available now and it is enabled
automatically if this chip is used on your system. automatically if this chip is used on your system.
For the details refer to the manual page of the disk driver (man 4 wd). For the details refer to the manual page of the disk driver (man 4 wd).
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.
A: There appears to be a bug in the BIOS on at least some of these boards,
this bug results in the FreeBSD bootloader thinking that it is booting
from a floppy disk.
This is only a problem if you are not using the BootEasy boot manager.
Slice the disk in 'compatible' mode and install BootEasy during the
FreeBSD installation to avoid the bug.
[ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ] [ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ]