User guide

CHAPTER 1

Conﬁguring Devices

This chapter describes how to use Solaris 7 Intel Platform Edition Device

Conﬁguration Assistant software, manufacturers’ device conﬁguration media, and

documentation to solve conﬁguration problems. The next chapter contains Device

Reference Pages and describes how to use them to conﬁgure your x86 based system

to run in the Solaris operating environment.

Identifying and Correcting Problems

Use the Solaris 7 Intel Platform Edition Conﬁguration Assistant program to identify

devices and the resources each device uses. If there is a problem, you must provide

device names and resource parameters so the Conﬁguration Assistant can pass this

information to the Solaris kernel.

ISA Devices

If your system hangs or resets when you scan for ISA devices, perform these tasks

(in order, as explained in the next three sections) until you can successfully complete

the scan.

Identify a problem with an existing device.

Find and resolve resource conﬂicts.

Provide information about the device manually.