From: mhbrekke@iastate.edu (Monty H. Brekke) Subject: Rebooting and bad cache Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:16:59 GMT
Has anyone else received a bad cache memory error after rebooting Linux?
Every time I reboot, my BIOS tells me that my cache memory is bad, and that
I should disable it. This message comes up just before the Shoelace menu
appears and only after I have rebotted from Linux. Rebooting from DOS does
not seem to produce this error. Also, if I shutdown and then C-A-D instead of
typing reboot, the error does not appear. Disabling the external cache seems
to fix the problem.
My system configuration is as follows:
486-33
AMI BIOS/OPTi chipset
256K external cache
16MB memory
1.44MB 3.5 inch floppy drive on /dev/fd0
1.2MB 5 inch floppy drive on /dev/fd1
Quantum 244MB hard drive partitioned as follows:
~100MB DOS partition on /dev/hda1
~64MB Linux root partition on /dev/hda2
~50MB Linux partition on /dev/hda3, mounted as /home
~20MB Linux swap partition on /dev/hda4
Colorado Memory Systems 250MB tape drive
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Monty
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