Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 3.X, 4.X, 5.X, and 6.X
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4.7 Other hardware

4.7.1. What other devices does FreeBSD support?
4.7.2. Does FreeBSD support power management on my laptop?
4.7.3. Why does my Micron system hang at boot time?
4.7.4. The boot floppy hangs on a system with an ASUS K7V motherboard. How do I fix this?
4.7.5. Why does my 3Com® PCI network card not work with my Micron computer?

4.7.1. What other devices does FreeBSD support?

See the Handbook for the list of other devices supported.

4.7.2. Does FreeBSD support power management on my laptop?

FreeBSD supports APM on certain machines. Please look in the LINT kernel config file, searching for the APM keyword. Further information can be found in apm(4).

4.7.3. Why does my Micron system hang at boot time?

Certain Micron motherboards have a non-conforming PCI BIOS implementation that causes grief when FreeBSD boots because PCI devices do not get configured at their reported addresses.

Disable the ``Plug and Play Operating System'' flag in the BIOS to work around this problem. More information can be found at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron

4.7.4. The boot floppy hangs on a system with an ASUS K7V motherboard. How do I fix this?

Go into the BIOS setup and disable the ``boot virus protection''.

4.7.5. Why does my 3Com® PCI network card not work with my Micron computer?

Certain Micron motherboards have a non-conforming PCI BIOS implementation that does not configure PCI devices at the addresses reported. This causes grief when FreeBSD boots.

To work around this problem, disable the ``Plug and Play Operating System'' flag in the BIOS.

More information on this problem is available at URL: http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron

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