Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Apr 2002 01:49:21 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: Trouble rebooting Tyan Thunder K7 (S2462UNG) |
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On Fri, 2002-04-19 23:15:23 -0000, Jordan Breeding <jordan.breeding@attbi.com> wrote in message <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAjQHXypTRWUeX0Da3WGxUUMKAAAAQAAAAb2jlXi9TM0a+IKeYbO47lAEAAAAA@attbi.com>: > I am having trouble getting a brand new Tyan Thunder K7 S2462UNG (the > one with onboard SCSI) to reboot successfully using Linux. This board
> FreeBSD do with this board, instead the text stays there for at least > 15-20 seconds (maybe longer) then when it finally blanks the video and > the monitor light begins to flash it goes straight into the Adaptec > SCSISelect scan (I can tell because my HD light comes on and the CDROMs
What is so uncommon? The board does use ECC RAM, so maybe the board's BIOS / firmware needs this time to blank and check all the RAM. Maybe othe OSes don't initiate a full "cold boot" but something that doesn't make the board to re-initialize all the RAM...
MfG, JBG
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