FreeBSD PNP OS = NO in system bios configuration?

Uwe Laverenz uwe at laverenz.de
Sat Jan 1 10:56:05 GMT 2005


On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:17:04PM -0000, John Conover wrote:

> Should PNP OS = NO in the PC system bios configuration be used for
> freeBSD?

Yes, it should be set to "NO" for any operating system. The only
exception is Windows 95/98.

> How about assigning IRQs of the PCI devices in system bios? 

This should not be necessary. You could try to load "setup
defaults" in your BIOS and use FreeBSD 5.3 instead of 5.2.1.

Uwe



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