Date: Fri, 3 Mar 95 9:37:54 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: dave_toth@dgc.ceo.dg.com (David Toth) Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems with 950210-SNAP Message-ID: <9503031637.AA04732@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <9503030903.AA00608@dg-webo.webo.dg.com> from "David Toth" at Mar 3, 95 02:04:49 am
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> > 1. BIOS memory reduced by 1K to 639K causing warning message, > machine report 640K BIOS memory using the 2.0-RELEASE version If you are getting a warning, this is what was in your CMOS memory. Are you sure you aren't running an HP Vectra or AT&T WGS box? The problem is that it is impossible to probe low memory, really, so we have to believe the CMOS. If your CMOS value has changes, I seriously consider testing to see if you have an MBR virus or have rewritten your MBR. The typical way I check to see if it was rewritten is to compare it with the MBR I orginally got with the machine or originally installed, because I save that sort of thing prior to seeing problems. This approach may not work for you if you don't also save things before you have a problem. Perhaps you simply didn't notice the problem before, or perhaps you are using an ide or user defined IDE CMOS entry where you weren't before, or you have replaced the motherboard, etc.? The NCFTP problem is fixed in later revs, but can be hacked by supplying a fake password line in the older code. There is a description of this in the "questions" list archive on minnie; sorry, I didn't save it... this is not something I would ever use to do an install. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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