RHELv4 and v5 - So slow as to be unusable. (Solved)

[Gary E Barnes]

Unfortunately I do not know.  There is a change list for the latest 
version but not the versions before that.  The most recent fixed some 
problem with MAC addresses which probably is not my problem.

        Gary

Yong Huang <yong321 at yahoo.com> wrote on 10/15/2010 12:58:19 PM:

> From: Yong Huang <yong321 at yahoo.com>
> To: Gary E Barnes/Cupertino/IBM at IBMUS
> Cc: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Date: 10/15/2010 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: RHELv4 and v5 - So slow as to be unusable. (Solved)
> 
> > The problem was something in the BIOS.  Flashing the affected 
> > machines with a newer version of the BIOS fixes the problem.
> > 
> > To anyone with IBM ThinkCentre 8187 machines, if your BIOS isn't the 
> 
> Thanks Gary for posting the solution. Do you happen to have the list of 
> bug fixes of the new BIOS? If yes, do you know specifically which bug 
> was it? If it takes you more than 5 minutes to answer this, don't worry 
> about it. Thanks.
> 
> Yong Huang
> 
> 
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