Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 19:23:59 -0400 From: beekey@clark.net To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Laptop BIOS problems Message-ID: <3528128F.4DEA@clark.net>
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I just received a new Toshiba Tecra 750DVD laptop (BIOS 6.40) and am attempting to install FreeBSD 2.2.5. Went through the standard FIPS which worked fine. Went through the install process (many times) booting from a 2.2.5 CD and from a bootable floppy. Install goes without any glitches. However, whenever I report I get the following error: BIOS basemem (639K) != RTC basemem (640K), setting to BIOS value then the thing stops cold. At this point you either yank all power sources or find the nearest paper clip for the reset button. After doing several unnatural things with fixit CD's and floppies and building 2.2.5 kernels on another system and transferring them over, the problems seems to lie somewhere in the function containing the BIOS check in the file machdep.c (haven't stepped through each line of the function). I tried 2.2.6 also (without all of the kernel rebuilds) and got the same RTC error and the same lock up. On other systems I get the RTC error, but the boot process continues merrily along. If anyone has any solutions, pointers, or has encountered this before, I'd appreciate any pointers. (As a slightly useless side note, I have cohorts that have RedHat 5.0 running on the same system and model, but that's not an option.) Thanks. Mike Beekey beekey@clark.net (Send email for PGP Key) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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