Is there any suggestions left? Joe
> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2/9.0 bad cmos checksum error > > > > > > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Joseph Stegner wrote: > > > > > > > Here's the problem I had with 8.2, for those who don't remember: > > > > > > > > For some reason, whenever I reboot from 8.2 (not the betas/RC's, the > > > > 8.2 release version) or 8.2's installer after my mouse initializes and > > > > the BIOS tries to initialize communication with the hard drives, it > will > > > > hang - the busy led tells me something is going on, but nothing > happens. > > > > After waiting for a minute or so, I'll get either "Bad CMOS checksum, > > > > default used" or "Error System Clock" or something of that nature. > > > > Sometimes it'll reset all the changes I made in BIOS. With Win2k and > > > > Mandrake 8.1, nothing of that sort happens. > > > > > > It seems there should only be a couple places where Linux would interact > > > with the PC BIOS that could possibly cause a problem: > > > > > > 1) /dev/nvram is enabled and something is doing something weird. But > > > this would be highly unlikely. > > > > > > 2) /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt (called during shutdown) is causing a problem > > > when it syncs the hardware clock. If this is the case you can try > > > disabling the sync by commenting out the line and then doing a test > > > reboot.
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