Re: Problem with pcibios_init

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:52:39 +0100


Hello,

> I am receiving this error when booting Linux.
> I have kernel 2.0.35-1 RedHat.
> 486 DX50 Intel
> Phoenix Bios V 4.03
>
> pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fff70
> pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfcdc5
> pcibios_init : ERROR : BIOS32 Service Directory says PCI BIOS is present,
> but PCI_BIOS_PRESENT subfunction fails with present status of 0xb1
> and signature of 0x00000289 (<89>^B^@^@). mail
> pci_init: no BIOS32 detected
>
> I have been running the computer with no problems at all.
> Can someone tell me what this means and if there is a cure?

Does your motherboard have any PCI slots?

Have a nice fortnight

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Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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