Re: bug ins installation disks utilities?
> Subject: Re: bug ins installation disks utilities?
> Amos,
>
> This sounds like a probelm that I'm trying to track down!
>
> Here are some key questions:
>
> 1) Is your floppy boot disk connected to the floppy controller on the
> 1542?
No, the floppy is connected to the on-board IDE controller - a 82078
chip (according to "dmesg").
> 2) What is the ROM release of the 1542? (It should appear as the
> system
> starts up).
It's a 1542CF with BIOS v2.02
> 3) What brand and revision is your system BIOS?
AMI BIOS version 1.00.02.AY0
>
> -and-
>
> 4) Does the problem go away if you turn off the internal and/or
> external
> cache?
No. But when we turned off the turbo (in addition to turning off the
caching) it DID go away.
>
> Turning off the cache seems to be the way to get around this problem.
> To do this, you need to go into the BIOS setup. The settings might be
> "internal" and "external" cache, or "level 1" and "level 2" cache, or
> something like that.
>
> *PLEASE* let me know the answers to these questions. I've got the same
> problem. I've worked around it but I really want to *solve* it!
Hope the above helps. ME and my friend (Yigal, who actually did all
the work) are at your service for more experimentation and info.
(but we are entering a holidays period, so we'll have a little less
time at work than usual).
>
> Thanks!
Thanks to you.
--Amos Shapira
amos@dsi.co.il
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