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>Index: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/trouble.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/trouble.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.13
>diff -u -r1.13 trouble.sgml
>--- src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/trouble.sgml	8 Dec 2003 22:38:39 -0000	1.13
>+++ src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/trouble.sgml	21 May 2004 08:48:59 -0000
>@@ -203,8 +203,10 @@
> 	  from working.</para>
> 	</question>
> 	<answer>
>-	  <para>Use the UserConfig utility (see
>-          <filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>) and disable the probing
>+	  <para>Set the hints
>+          <quote>hint.mcd.0.disabled="1"</quote> and
>+          <quote>hint.mcd.1.disabled="1"</quote>
>+          in the third stage boot loader to disable the probing
>           of the <devicename>mcd0</devicename> and
>           <devicename>mcd1</devicename> devices.  Generally speaking,
>           you should only leave the devices that you will be using
>@@ -218,16 +220,17 @@
> 	</question>
> 	<answer>
> 	  <para>Your card is probably on a different IRQ from what is
>-	  specified in the kernel configuration.  The ed driver does
>+	  specified in the <filename>/boot/device.hints</filename> file.  The ed driver does
> 	  not use the `soft' configuration by default (values entered
> 	  using EZSETUP in DOS), but it will use the software
>-	  configuration if you specify <literal>?</literal> in the IRQ field of your
>-	  kernel config file.</para>
>+	  configuration if you specify <literal>-1</literal> in the hints
>+          for the interface.</para>
> 
> 	  <para>Either move the jumper on the card to a hard
>           configuration setting (altering the kernel settings if
>-          necessary), or specify the IRQ as <literal>-1</literal> in UserConfig or <literal>?</literal> 
>-          in your kernel config file.  This will tell the kernel to
>+          necessary), or specify the IRQ as <literal>-1</literal>
>+          by setting the hint <quote>hint.ed.0.irq="-1"</quote> 
>+          This will tell the kernel to
>           use the soft configuration.</para>
> 
>           <para>Another possibility is that your card is at IRQ 9,
>@@ -244,9 +247,9 @@
> 	<answer>
>           <para>Older IBM laptops use a non-standard keyboard
>           controller, so you must tell the keyboard driver (atkbd0) to
>-          go into a special mode which works on the ThinkPads.  Change
>-          the atkbd0 'Flags' to 0x4 in UserConfig and it should work
>-          fine.  (Look in the Input Menu for 'Keyboard'.)</para>
>+          go into a special mode which works on the ThinkPads.  Set the
>+          hint <quote>hint.atkbd.0.flags="4"</quote> and it should work
>+          fine.</para>
> 	</answer>
>       </qandaentry>
>       <qandaentry>
>@@ -268,23 +271,8 @@
> 	<answer>
> 	  <para>This is a known problem, and will hopefully be fixed
> 	  in the future.  In order to get your system installed at
>-	  all, boot with the <option>-c</option> option into
>-	  UserConfig, but <emphasis>don't</emphasis> use the pretty
>-	  visual mode but the plain old CLI mode.  Type:</para>
>-
>-          <screen><userinput>eisa 12</userinput>
>-<userinput>quit</userinput></screen>
>-
>-          <para>at the prompt.  (Instead of `quit', you might also
>-          type `visual', and continue the rest of the configuration
>-          session in visual mode.)  While it's recommended to compile
>-          a custom kernel, dset now also understands to save
>-          this value.</para>
>-
>-          <para>Refer to the FAQ topic 3.16 for an explanation of the
>-          problem, and for how to continue.  Remember that you can
>-          find the FAQ on your local system in /usr/share/doc/FAQ,
>-          provided you have installed the `doc' distribution.</para>
>+          all, set the hint <quote>hw.eisa_slots="12"</quote> in the
>+          third stage loader.</para>
> 	</answer>
>       </qandaentry>
>       <qandaentry>
>@@ -297,16 +285,7 @@
> 	  <para>Your machine doesn't like the new
>           <literal>i586_copyout</literal> and
>           <literal>i586_copyin</literal> code for some reason.  To
>-          disable this, boot the installation boot floppy and when it
>-          comes to the very first menu (the choice to drop into kernel
>-          UserConfig mode or not) choose the command-line interface
>-          (<quote>expert mode</quote>) version and type the following
>-          at it:</para>
>-
>-          <screen><userinput>flags npx0 1</userinput></screen>
>-
>-          <para>Then proceed normally to boot.  This will be saved
>-          into your kernel, so you only need to do it once.</para>
>+          disable this, set the hint <quote>hint.npx.0.flags="1"</quote></para>
> 	</answer>
>       </qandaentry>
>       <qandaentry>
>@@ -328,8 +307,8 @@
> 	  <para>With Compaq being always a little different from other
>           systems, they do not announce their floppy drive in the CMOS
>           RAM of an Aero notebook.  Therefore, the floppy disk driver
>-          assumes there is no drive configured.  Go to the UserConfig
>-          screen, and set the Flags value of the fdc0 device to 0x1.
>+          assumes there is no drive configured.  Set the hint
>+          <quote>hint.fdc.0.flags="1"</quote>
>           This pretends the existence of the first floppy drive (as a
>           1.44 MB drive) to the driver without asking the CMOS at
>           all.</para>

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