Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:48:15 -0800 | From | Ben Greear <> | Subject | Re: Tyan 2466, 2468 BIOS setting |
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Steven Timm wrote: > In a number of boards with Phoenix BIOS including > the Tyan S2466 and S2468, there is a setting in the BIOS > for "Large Disk Access Mode", the available settings are > "DOS" and "Other". Tyan docs suggest selecting "other". > > These boards use the AMD 760MPX chipset. (dmesg output is below). > My question...is anyone aware of (1) does the kernel look > at this BIOS option at all, and if so (2) could having > it set to DOS instead of Other lead to any > data corruption? > > Steve Timm
These settings definately make a difference, or did 6 months ago when I was mucking with a system based on this MB. DOS == Crash and/or file system corruption on install.
Ben
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