Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 09:14:29 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@noc.dfn.de> Cc: fbsdq <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BIOS basemem != RTC basemem Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9809070912480.1730-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199809040818.KAA14290@obsidian.noc.dfn.de>
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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
> when I boot my 2.2.7R system on my shiny new PC (Asus P2L97S, PII233)
> one of the first lines printed is
>
> BIOS basemem (639K) != RTC basemem (640K), using BIOS value
>
> This appears even before the copyright message, so is not in dmesg output.
> I'm worried who has snatched that kilobyte. How do I remedy the situation?
> Is there something wrong with my Award BIOS version 1.32?
I usually get this on machines with older BIOS, but it doesn't seem to
affect them at all. Perhaps one of the hackers can explain it.
--
Jonathan Chen
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