On Sunday 29 September 2002 02:02 am, you wrote: > Don't 8.2/9.0 use different kernel images? the defualt kernel in either 8.2 or 9.0 is a 2.4.x kernel, while earlier versions (7.2 and back for sure, others may or may not have,) installed a 2.2.x series kernel. one of the differences was in how USB was handled. there is a way to chose which of a few kernels are used at the install.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "et" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:08 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2/9.0 bad cmos checksum error > > > On Saturday 28 September 2002 09:59 pm, you wrote: > > > Is there any suggestions left? > > > > have you tried to boot with an alternate kernel inage from the 2.2.x > > series > > > kernels? > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:03 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2/9.0 bad cmos checksum error > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Joseph Stegner wrote: > > > > > > > Here's the problem I had with 8.2, for those who don't > > > > > > > remember: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For some reason, whenever I reboot from 8.2 (not the > > > > > > > betas/RC's, the 8.2 release version) or 8.2's installer after > > > > > > > my mouse initializes > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > the BIOS tries to initialize communication with the hard > > > > > > > drives, > > it > > > > > will > > > > > > > > > > > hang - the busy led tells me something is going on, but nothing > > > > > > > > happens. > > > > > > > > > > > After waiting for a minute or so, I'll get either "Bad CMOS > > > > > > checksum, > > > > > > > > > > default used" or "Error System Clock" or something of that > > nature. > > > > > > > > Sometimes it'll reset all the changes I made in BIOS. With > > Win2k > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > Mandrake 8.1, nothing of that sort happens. > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems there should only be a couple places where Linux would > > > > > > interact > > > > > > > > > with the PC BIOS that could possibly cause a problem: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) /dev/nvram is enabled and something is doing something weird. > > But > > > > > > > this would be highly unlikely. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt (called during shutdown) is causing a > > > > > > problem when it syncs the hardware clock. If this is the case you > > can > > > > > > > try disabling the sync by commenting out the line and then doing > > > > > > a test reboot. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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