device_attach: smist0 attach returned 6

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:00:24AM +0100, Rick wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. It's actually a remote machine sat in a colo, so
> it will require a visit and reboot to look at the BIOS settings, and
> it's a pretty minimal set of options IIRC, so there may not be anything
> there, but I'll arrange a visit to have a look.

Because this is an older (440BX) system, you may have to adjust settings
relating to power/suspend mode and other whatnots.  Even after doing so
you may not see success (meaning the feature you want may be explicitly
disabled/non-configurable).

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