Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 23:25:01 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD bugs list) Subject: Re: Problems with 950210-SNAP Message-ID: <199503032225.XAA01119@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <9503031637.AA04732@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Mar 3, 95 09:37:54 am
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As Terry Lambert wrote: > > > 1. BIOS memory reduced by 1K to 639K causing warning message, > > machine report 640K BIOS memory using the 2.0-RELEASE version > If your CMOS value has changes, I seriously consider testing to > see if you have an MBR virus or have rewritten your MBR. No Terry, this is simply caused by the fact that some BIOSes tend to steal 1 KB off the base memory to put their ``hard disk parameter table'' there. So when you ask the BIOS about base memory, they tell ya 639 K. AMI gave you the choice between the stolen kilobyte and placing the table on BIOS stack... -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)help
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