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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 578.1 | Can you give a little detail? | NEWVAX::PAVLICEK | Linux: the PC O/S that isn't PC | Fri Feb 14 1997 14:57 | 9 |
| Sorry, I've never even heard of a PWS200i, so I won't be too much help
to you there.
But, I'm curious about what errors lead you to believe that it's a
shadow BIOS problem. Frankly, I'm not doubting that it could be the
issue, I'm just wondering what the exact symptoms were that lead you to
that conclusion.
-- Russ
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| 578.2 | | TARKIN::LIN | Bill Lin | Fri Feb 14 1997 22:21 | 2 |
| A PWS200i is the Personal Workstation dual-Pentium Pro (?) system sold
by the SBU.
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| 578.3 | | NEWVAX::PAVLICEK | Linux: the PC O/S that isn't PC | Fri Feb 14 1997 22:50 | 2 |
| Maybe GIADEV::DECSTATION could be the place to find out about disabling
shadowing, then.
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| 578.4 | | CFSCTC::SMITH | Tom Smith MRO1-3/D12 dtn 297-4751 | Sat Feb 15 1997 00:47 | 11 |
| In the Ami and Award BIOS's I've had, the shadowing options have been
in the BIOS setup screens, so you might look there.
I'm curious, though, about needing to disable the shadow BIOS. I don't
have a dual-processor or a PWS200i, but I have shadowing enabled, and I
hadn't noticed any particular problems in 1.2.?, 1.3.20, or 2.0.28. I
hadn't noticed any note about it anywhere either. Where did you see
that? Is it just for dual-processors? I _have_ seen general cautions
against _caching_ the shadow BIOS.
-Tom
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| 578.5 | Because of Debian | LEMAN::GABLER | | Mon Feb 17 1997 10:48 | 8 |
| Thanks for your answers,
About disabling the shadow BIOS, i read this somewhere in the Debian package
saying that Linux has its own 32 bit cache and require the shadow BIOS to be
disabled.
but i coudn't find the reference again.
Clark
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