[ale] Linuxware by Trans-Ameritech (fwd)

[Marc A. Torres]

	I did a quick search thru the kernel source and it appears
	if this were a real problem you would receive an error when
	the PCI bus is initialized. "pci_init: no BIOS32 detected"

	I have seen this error message before because several SCSI
	and other drivers can make wrong assumptions while attempting
	to autodetect controllers in your machine.   When I got it
	it was on a machine with an EISA bus.

	So, if everything else works, I think you can ignore it.
	Just compile a new kernel for only the HW you have in your
	machine and it will "go away".

	Marc Torres
	marct at mindspring.com

On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Byron A Jeff wrote:   [...edited...]
> > From: JRoss240SX at aol.com
> > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 03:24:09 -0400 (EDT)
> > Subject: [ale-admin] Linuxware by Trans-Ameritech
> > 
> > Can you help me?  I am trying to learn linuxware release 2.5 for windows,
> > installation went great, however when I attempt to run it  I receive the
> > error "No BIOS32 extension present, this release still depends on it, sorry."
> >  Do you are any of your user group members know what this error means or can
> > lead me to someone who does I really would appreciate it very much.
> 
> It means that you have no BIOS code for the PCI bus. Harmless if you don't have
> PCI. A problem otherwise.
>
> BAJ
>