From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Steven Timm <timm@fnal.gov>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Tyan 2466, 2468 BIOS setting
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:48:15 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DE52F8F.3090604@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.31.0211271302250.5024-100000@boxer.fnal.gov
Steven Timm wrote:
> In a number of boards with Phoenix BIOS including
> the Tyan S2466 and S2468, there is a setting in the BIOS
> for "Large Disk Access Mode", the available settings are
> "DOS" and "Other". Tyan docs suggest selecting "other".
>
> These boards use the AMD 760MPX chipset. (dmesg output is below).
> My question...is anyone aware of (1) does the kernel look
> at this BIOS option at all, and if so (2) could having
> it set to DOS instead of Other lead to any
> data corruption?
>
> Steve Timm
These settings definately make a difference, or did 6 months ago
when I was mucking with a system based on this MB.
DOS == Crash and/or file system corruption on install.
Ben
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-27 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-27 19:08 Tyan 2466, 2468 BIOS setting Steven Timm
2002-11-27 19:03 ` Ivan Pulleyn
2002-11-27 19:31 ` John Bradford
2002-11-27 20:48 ` Ben Greear [this message]
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