[rescue] OpenBSD on Intel (actually)

Andrew Weiss ajwdsp at cloud9.net
Sun Apr 27 14:56:59 CDT 2003


I have access to premier support... all I need is the service tag 
(serial #)

Andrew

On Sunday, April 27, 2003, at 01:09  PM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> 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. ;)
>
> -- 
> Jonathan Patschke *) "who has been feeding my cats crack again??  they
> Thorndale, TX     (*  were doing chuck norris shit all over the 
> apartment
>                   *)  this morning"                     --alex j 
> avriette
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