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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:50:42 +0000 (GMT)
From: Chris Phillips <chris@selkie.org>
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Subject: SMBIOS error
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I am getting an error on boot up about the SMBIOS.

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CPU: Pentium III (449.95-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x672  Stepping=2
Features=0x387f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,<b18>,MMX,<b24>,<b25>>
real memory  = 536870912 (524288K bytes)
avail memory = 519045120 (506880K bytes)
Bad SMBIOS table checksum!
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xf0301000.
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:

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any idea what might becausing this and what I should do to fix it?  I
think it is probably hardware related.

-Chris Phillips



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