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pentium running slow

From: Bela Lubkin <belal@sco.com>
Subject: Re: hw reports pentium running slow
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 02:42:57 GMT
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Will Jay wrote:

> I fixed this problem, by applying the oss648a, however my first
> attempts caused a panic at boot. So I uninstalled it.  Later I
> re-installed it and reset my bios back to default, because I had a
> slight overclocking, maybe this was causing the panic. Anyway it's
> fixed.
> 
> FYI:
> 
> oss648a will warn you that it cannot install the parts that are
> required for smp unless smp is installed.

Ah, this makes sense (though it would still be good to see the actual
messages, not your summary of them).  It isn't saying that the
supplement as a whole can't be installed, it's saying that part of it is
not applicable and will be omitted.

>                                           oss648a will also do a
> verify by doing a quick checksum and size check on a few files, one of
> which is x286emul and if it does not verify it will warn you.  Mine
> did not verify as I use a modified x286emul.
> 
> I'm not sure why oss648a verifys the x286emul files. May be someone
> else can answer that.

It probably runs a custom verify, or perhaps fixmog.  It is not
explicitly checking x286emul, it's running a wider system check that
notices x286emul in particular because you've modified it.

>Bela<
 

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