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SubjectRe: Tyan 2466, 2468 BIOS setting
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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