From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HoKDX-00015g-I2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:11:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4GE7YUq014754; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:07:34 GMT Received: from pandora.ep.mine.nu (82-47-4-228.cable.ubr03.telf.blueyonder.co.uk [82.47.4.228]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4GDxopn002090 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 13:59:51 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pandora.ep.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F39140C0016 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:59:50 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ep.mine.nu Received: from pandora.ep.mine.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pandora.ep.mine.nu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id D02jxFzgUl4k for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:59:49 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.1.107] (poseidon [192.168.1.107]) (Authenticated sender: neil) by pandora.ep.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88D5140BFFE4 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 14:59:49 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <464B0E55.2080702@ep.mine.nu> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 14:59:49 +0100 From: Neil Walker User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070221) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8. References: <46444041.1040404@ergolight-sw.com> <87mz084d5d.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> <46480D8F.1040307@ep.mine.nu> <200705151937.56063.mereandor@gmail.com> <464A42A8.80107@ep.mine.nu> <464A44F3.2050306@asterisk-gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <464A44F3.2050306@asterisk-gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2bda187e-54c0-4410-8266-9c8f997f762b X-Archives-Hash: dd5674e10bf8594cdbce79c8652e2b7a Karl Haines wrote: > Actually, updating the BIOS to the newest version is almost ALWAYS a > good thing. I keep all the BIOSs im my machines uptodate (8 at the moment, building another tomorrow). ;) > Having XP installed makes no difference, except that you > can (with some MBs) update from within windows. They ALL, however, > support a BIOS update from a bootable DOS floppy. Hope this helps! > I haven't owned a floppy drive in years so I have to be a bit more devious. ;) Anyway, thanks for your advice. :) Be lucky, Neil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list