Re: i don't think its the RAM
Could you try using the daily installer from amd64.debian.net from
sept. 22? This is the one I used, I have the same mobo as you,
original bios, and I have no problems. I wonder if they changed
something in the kernel that is part of that build.
The sata_uli there should work fine.
On 10/6/05, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 02:55:50PM +0200, Peter Sheldrick wrote:
> > i just ran Memtest86+ v1.51 over the RAM and after two
> > passes there where no Errors - so its unlikley that
> > there is anything wrong with it.
> >
> > so:
> > (1) the RAM is ok
> > (2) its compatible with my mobo
> >
> > its not the RAM either!
>
> Well doing some searches on the error message, it seems many RHEL users
> have seen it too, and they supposedly made a kernel fix in late
> september for it.
>
> A few possible things to look at:
> Try booting with acpi=off since apparently that often avoids the
> problem.
>
> There seems to be general concensus that this is a bios bug, and an
> updated bios should be able to fix it (if the board maker knows to fix
> it). Turning off acpi apparently avoids the buggy part of the bios on
> many systems.
>
> Another case where the message occours is in using an em64t kernel on an
> amd, or using a k8 kernel on an intel. The generic kernel should work
> on either.
>
> Len Sorensen
>
>
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