Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-24 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 02/24/2013 06:39 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 22.02.2013 21:10, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >> On 02/22/2013 03:04 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> Am 22.02.2013 20:58, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >>> Once before (5+ years back) I had to add a kernel param and did it wrong and it was

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-24 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 22.02.2013 21:10, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: > > On 02/22/2013 03:04 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 22.02.2013 20:58, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >> >>> Once before (5+ years back) I had to add a kernel param and did it wrong and >>> it was a big recovery challenge >> what is the challenge? >>

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 02/22/2013 03:04 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 22.02.2013 20:58, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >> Kernel param. I really should have caught that. >> >> So I was all ready to edit grub.conf and then slapped my hand. >> You TEST it out first, adding the command at boot time. ARGH! > one option >

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 02/22/2013 02:32 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 22.02.2013 20:28, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >>> on a similar/identical bug with Fedora FC17, someone suggested booting >>> with iommu=off to work around this. >> Where do I add this? > like every other kernel param in /boot/grub/grub.conf at > th

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-22 Thread m . roth
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 02/22/2013 01:38 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 2/21/2013 12:43 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> :[Firmware Warn]: Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address >>> fed9 >>> returns all ones! >> I googled "Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address fed9 >> r

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 02/22/2013 01:38 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/21/2013 12:43 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> :[Firmware Warn]: Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address fed9 >> returns all ones! > I googled "Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address fed9 > returns all ones!" and got some relat

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/21/2013 12:43 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > :[Firmware Warn]: Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address fed9 > returns all ones! I googled "Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address fed9 returns all ones!" and got some related results. this bug report (on FC12) says... "yes

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 02/21/2013 06:55 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/21/2013 3:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> :Hardware name: HP Compaq dc7800 Small Form Factor >>> ... > Should I worry? >>> yes. >>> >>> You should update bios . > hmmm, thats a 2007 vintage economy business desktop ? > > looks to be a Dece

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 02/21/2013 06:55 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/21/2013 3:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> :Hardware name: HP Compaq dc7800 Small Form Factor >>> ... > Should I worry? >>> yes. >>> >>> You should update bios . > hmmm, thats a 2007 vintage economy business desktop ? > > looks to be a Dece

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-21 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/21/2013 3:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> :Hardware name: HP Compaq dc7800 Small Form Factor >> ... >> >>Should I worry? > >yes. > > > >You should update bios . hmmm, thats a 2007 vintage economy business desktop ? looks to be a December 2011 rev 1.32A BIOS, here http://h2.www2.hp.com/

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 02/21/2013 06:13 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > 2013/2/21 Robert Moskowitz : >> I am getting the following on my 'new box' for my DNS server: >> >> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:58:04 -0500 >> From: >> To: >> Subject: [abrt] full crash report >> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 >> >> abrt_versi

Re: [CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-21 Thread Eero Volotinen
2013/2/21 Robert Moskowitz : > I am getting the following on my 'new box' for my DNS server: > > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:58:04 -0500 > From: > To: > Subject: [abrt] full crash report > User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 > > abrt_version: 2.0.8 > cmdline:ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_onlo3

[CentOS] Warning: Your BIOS is broken

2013-02-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I am getting the following on my 'new box' for my DNS server: Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:58:04 -0500 From: To: Subject: [abrt] full crash report User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 abrt_version: 2.0.8 cmdline:ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_onlo3-root_01 rd_NO_LUKS rd_LVM_LV=vg_onlo3/root_01