[rescue] OpenBSD on Intel (actually)

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> Evidently, however, timing is critical.  _Exactly_once_ in all my flailings,
> F2 got me into the BIOS.  This was last night, and it was a big let-down;
> there's hardly anything of use there.  Conspicuous in its absence was any
> way of turning off plug-and-play or anything else haveing to do with the
> slots.

You want the EISA configuration utility.  This invariably ships on a
separate diskette.  It's probably available at Dell's site -somehwere-.

*scrounges*

There are a few eisa_???.exe files in ftp://ftp.dell.com/utility/.
Perhaps one of those is what you need.

> Given that it's been a week, that I no longer need the machine for the use
> originally envisioned, and that its parts are useful elsewhere, I've given
> up on this project.

You'll be happy to learn that the Dell is certified to run certain
versions of Solaris/x86. ;)

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