From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 18 00:56:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA15253 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:56:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA15216 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:55:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id XAA27900 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:35:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA01725; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:35:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:35:35 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Kenneth R. Westerback" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lost boot up (pre DMESG) messages - BIOS mem ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Kenneth R. Westerback wrote: > On 2.1.7 (and I believe, from earlier experiments, 3.0 as well) there > are a few messages that flash past after booting is underway and > are not recoverable from any log I know of, dmesg, or scrolling back with > the scroll lock key sent. > > In particular one catches my eye, something about BIOS memory 639K .... This is saying something like BIOS mem 639K != 640K or somesuch. Completely and totally harmless. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major