Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 00:24:19 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "Bad SMBIOS table checksum!" message at startup Message-ID: <36E067A3.5F46F98D@we.lc.ehu.es>
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I have just installed FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE on a Fujitsu SX800. It
works fine, but I see a "Bad SMBIOS table checksum!" while
booting, and I am curious about it. The BIOS is Fujitsu's.
These are the boot messages:
Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #1: Wed Mar 3 16:05:53 CET 1999
root@garatu.we.lc.ehu.es:/usr/src/sys/compile/GARATU
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Xeon/Celeron (350.80-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping=2
Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PA
T,PSE36,MMX,<b24>>
real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes)
config> pnp 1 0 os enable port0 0x534 port1 0x388 port2 0x220 irq0 5 drq0 1 drq1
3
avail memory = 127647744 (124656K bytes)
Bad SMBIOS table checksum! <<<<<<<=============== HERE IT IS!!!
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xf02be000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/kernel.config" at 0xf02be09c.
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
[etc., etc.]
What does this message mean?
Thanks,
-- JMA
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Universidad del País Vasco | mailto:jmas@es.FreeBSD.ORG
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