Not in my case. I run Debian on an AMD K6/2 (also with AWARD BIOS), and I've never seen this behavior.
-Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Young [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 6:45 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: BIOS? Help installing > > Never seen that with any flavor of unix but it happens all the time with > Windows NT4 or Windows 2000 if you have an AMD K6/2 CPU ..... I am using > the same CPU with Redhat / Mandrake & Solaris and never had problems > then > but the Debian boxes both have Intel Pentium 100 / 133 so don't know if > Debian acts up with AMD but its a possibility I guess > > > BIOS? Help installing > Resent-Date: > 21 Jul 1999 10:25:46 -0000 > Resent-From: > debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-CC: > recipient list not shown: ; > Date: > Wed, 21 Jul 1999 13:25:28 +0300 (EET DST) > From: > virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > debian-user@lists.debian.org > CC: > debian-user@lists.debian.org, recipient list not shown: ; > > > > > I've got a problem istalling slink on a machine. > I managed to put base there. > But when I try to install the rest (using the atapi cd-rom) the whole > machine shuts down suddently. The power goes off suddently. > > I've been suspecting two causes: > > 1) Is it possible, that the system is somehow using the cd-rom driver > wrongly? I had a problem with the base as well, if there was a cd inside > the drive. I couldn't boot the system then. The system was as well > giving > a message that it is trying to intall a scsi-driver, which it cannot > find. > As far as I know there aren't any scsi cards. > > 2) The other possibility is the BIOS. > It is > Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG > Plug and Play BIOS Extension v.1.0A > > With win95 it has got a property that it is shutting power off > automatically, when I stop win95. > > I cannot give any list of error messages, because the whole system is > broken after going off. > > Anybody had similar problems or knows what to do? > > - > > hv > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
