Via C3 & RH FC2 Kernels

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On Thursday 15 April 2004 14:48, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2004, Andy Green <fedora at warmcat.com> wrote:
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> > On Thursday 15 April 2004 18:54, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
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> > Hi Johannes -
> >
> > > I just installed FC2T2 on an EPIA-M with no problems other than the
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > guessing this is a BIOS issue, not a CPU issue.
> > > [root at localhost root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> >
> > This is identical on my machine running the 2.4 kernel, except it is at
> > 600MHz and 1196.03 bogomips.
>
> Mine is just running at 400MHz because of the cpuspeed daemon. It's
> really a 600MHz part and will run at that speed if the system needs to.
>
> > There is a fantastic app called dmidecode someone mentioned on a Fedora
> > list, it has all kinds of info, you can get it from the kernel-utils
> > package.
> >
> > This says the board has an Award BIOS v6.00PG 11/26/2002.
> >
> > Not sure how the BIOS could break the kernel decompression?  When I have
> > had the problem before - the same problem - switching to an i586 kernel
> > package made it work fine.
>
>                 Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
>                 Version: 6.00 PG
>                 Release Date: 06/02/2003
>
> That's strange. It looks like the same BIOS, but completely different
> release dates.
>
> Regardless, I think the install boot loader problem I (and others) had is
> a BIOS issue, and not the issue you are talking about.
>
> I'm installing the 1.322 kernel on the system right now and I'll see if
> it works on my system.
>
> I'm running the i586 kernel FWIW.
>
> JE

All the Award BIOS' will state Version 6.00.  This is due to the last BIOS 
being released by Award before they went out of business.  Your BIOS is 
probably a mixture of this BIOS, plus stolen Compaq BIOS source code.  
Cobbled together by people who do understand a BIOS.

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