Re: OpenBSD 2.8 will not boot a VA Linux 501 (dual-PIII) server

["Robin (krystal_(_at_)_dev_(_dot_)_null)" <krystal_(_at_)_devnull_(_dot_)_net>]

Well, it's not _just_ the PCIBIOS problem (as many of you suggested) 
though it may be that as well.

I tried booting from the CD and from a kernel built from the latest CVS 
sources with the PCIBIOS disabled as the errata doc suggests, but the 
machine behaved exactly the same.  I'm trying to see if there are any 
BIOS updates for this motherboard (and, if Intel's site ever functions 
properly, I might find out today ...), and I'll try again once I get 
that done.

I'll post either another request for suggestions or a resolution if 
this gets fixed (or not) with the latest BIOS verion.

Thanks you all for the suggestions so far.

Cheers,
-robin

>
>Did you try to disable pcibios?
>
>This probably works at the install floppy boot prompt
>(I know it works with the GENERIC kernel):
>
>boot> boot -c
>
>at the UCK prompt:
>
>UCK> disable pcibios
>UCK> quit
...

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