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diff --git a/eu/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml b/eu/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 073d5d9b5..000000000 --- a/eu/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,172 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 11648 untranslated --> - - <sect1 id="pre-install-bios-setup"> - <title>Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup</title> -<para> - -This section will walk you through pre-installation hardware setup, if -any, that you will need to do prior to installing Debian. Generally, -this involves checking and possibly changing firmware settings for -your system. The ``firmware'' is the core software used by the -hardware; it is most critically invoked during the bootstrap process -(after power-up). Known hardware issues affecting the reliability of -&debian; on your system are also highlighted. - -</para> - -&bios-setup-i386.xml; -&bios-setup-m68k.xml; -&bios-setup-powerpc.xml; -&bios-setup-sparc.xml; -&bios-setup-s390.xml; - - <sect2><title>Hardware Issues to Watch Out For</title> -<para arch="not-s390"> - -Many people have tried operating their 90 MHz CPU at 100 MHz, etc. It -sometimes works, but is sensitive to temperature and other factors and -can actually damage your system. One of the authors of this document -over-clocked his own system for a year, and then the system started -aborting the <command>gcc</command> program with an unexpected signal -while it was compiling the operating system kernel. Turning the CPU -speed back down to its rated value solved the problem. - -</para><para arch="not-s390"> - -The <command>gcc</command> compiler is often the first thing to die -from bad memory modules (or other hardware problems that change data -unpredictably) because it builds huge data structures that it -traverses repeatedly. An error in these data structures will cause it -to execute an illegal instruction or access a non-existent -address. The symptom of this will be <command>gcc</command> dying from -an unexpected signal. - -</para><para arch="m68k"> - -Atari TT RAM boards are notorious for RAM problems under Linux; if you -encounter any strange problems, try running at least the kernel in -ST-RAM. Amiga users may need to exclude RAM using a booter memfile. - -<phrase condition="FIXME"><emphasis> - -FIXME: more description of this needed. - -</emphasis></phrase> - -</para><para arch="x86"> - -The very best motherboards support parity RAM and will actually tell -you if your system has a single-bit error in RAM. Unfortunately, they -don't have a way to fix the error, thus they generally crash -immediately after they tell you about the bad RAM. Still, it's better -to be told you have bad memory than to have it silently insert errors -in your data. Thus, the best systems have motherboards that support -parity and true-parity memory modules; see -<xref linkend="Parity-RAM"/>. - -</para><para arch="x86"> - -If you do have true-parity RAM and your motherboard can handle it, be -sure to enable any BIOS settings that cause the motherboard to -interrupt on memory parity errors. - -</para> - - <sect3 arch="x86"><title>The Turbo Switch</title> -<para> - -Many systems have a <emphasis>turbo</emphasis> switch that controls -the speed of the CPU. Select the high-speed setting. If your BIOS -allows you to disable software control of the turbo switch (or -software control of CPU speed), do so and lock the system in -high-speed mode. We have one report that on a particular system, while -Linux is auto-probing (looking for hardware devices) it can -accidentally touch the software control for the turbo switch. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="x86"><title>Cyrix CPUs and Floppy Disk Errors</title> -<para> - -Many users of Cyrix CPUs have had to disable the cache in their -systems during installation, because the floppy disk has errors if -they do not. If you have to do this, be sure to re-enable your cache -when you are finished with installation, as the system runs -<emphasis>much</emphasis> slower with the cache disabled. - -</para><para> - -We don't think this is necessarily the fault of the Cyrix CPU. It may -be something that Linux can work around. We'll continue to look into -the problem. For the technically curious, we suspect a problem with -the cache being invalid after a switch from 16-bit to 32-bit code. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="x86"><title>Peripheral Hardware Settings</title> -<para> - -You may have to change some settings or jumpers on your computer's -peripheral cards. Some cards have setup menus, while others rely on -jumpers. This document cannot hope to provide complete information on -every hardware device; what it hopes to provide is useful tips. - -</para><para> - -If any cards provide ``mapped memory'', the memory should be mapped -somewhere between 0xA0000 and 0xFFFFF (from 640K to just below 1 -megabyte) or at an address at least 1 megabyte greater than the total -amount of RAM in your system. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="x86" id="usb-keyboard-config"><title>USB keyboards</title> -<para> - -If you have no AT-style keyboard and only a USB model, you will need -to enable legacy AT keyboard emulation in your BIOS setup. Consult -your main board manual and look in the BIOS for "Legacy keyboard -emulation" or "USB keyboard support" options. It must be enabled in -order to boot the installation system. If you enabled this option and -it is working for you, you are fine and can go ahead. - -</para><para> - -If you cannot find this option, it might be that it is always enabled -and you can continue. It also might mean that the BIOS does not -provide any emulation support (bad luck here). - -</para><para> - -If you find the option and enable it, but the emulation stops working -soon after the kernel started, then you have bad luck too. You could -try the "bf2.4" flavor where the root floppy brings USB modules. If -you are installing with floppy disks, you would need the keyboard once -before the USB modules can be loaded. Specifying the "keytimer" option -at boot prompt may help in this case. - -</para><para> - -Sometimes, the emulation hangs but it wakes up after few minutes, so -you could wait some time and try to continue. To fix this behavior, -you could load Linux' own drivers for USB keyboards. For this, use -"modconf" (Step "Configure Device Driver Modules") and load usb-uhci -or usb-ohci modules. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3><title>More than 64 MB RAM</title> -<para> - -The Linux Kernel can not always detect what amount of RAM you have. If -this is the case please look at <xref linkend="boot-parms"/>. - -</para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - </sect1> |