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To: cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us
Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 1600 SMP fix available ?
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From: Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:25:47 +0100
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> Do you have the latest BIOS in the 1600?  I notice that Compaq has
> several changes that dealt with SMP over the past few revisions of the
> BIOS.  The latest for the 1600 is 4.14A dated 11/08/2000.  They've

yes, we had the latest BIOS in the machine. A list member from the
netherlands very kindly emailed me a fix for this problem. You must set
the Opearting System type to 'Novell 4.11 - SMP' in the BIOS and it
appears to arrange everything properly such that the SMP kernel comes
up properly. Worked first time here.

-pete.

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