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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: AHA1740 support in 386bsd-0.1 + pk-0.2.4/NetBSD/FreeBSD Message-ID: <28unf8$nss@pdq.coe.montana.edu> From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Date: 6 Oct 1993 15:15:52 GMT References: <CDpvr5.nF@luva.stgt.sub.org> <28rpn7$91@keltia.frmug.fr.net> Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu Lines: 22 In article <28rpn7$91@keltia.frmug.fr.net>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net> wrote: >Michael Giegerich (migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org) wrote: > >> (in standard mode all goes well). > >You have to put your 1740 in standard mode for booting, it will be switched >into enhanced mode by the driver just after booting, so don't worry :-) That is no longer the case with FreeBSD/NetBSD. The bootblocks have been fixed to work in enhanced mode as well. If you do an update from 386BSD->FreeBSD, it might be a good idea to re-install the boot blocks. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me