Debian bug report logs - #1373
bootdisk: BIOS32 message may confuse newbies

Package: (bootdisk); Reported by: Brian_Johnson@hmc.edu; 45 days old.
Bug reassigned from package `bootdisk' to `(bootdisk)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com. Full text available.

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Package: bootdisk
Version: Sept 16

The September 16 pre-release boot disk displays the following message
on non-PCI systems:

No BIOS32 extensions present.  This release still depends on it.  Sorry.

This message may confuse people who do not realize that it is only
relevant to PCI machines.

-- 
Brian Johnson - Brian_Johnson@hmc.edu

Acknowledgement sent to Brian_Johnson@hmc.edu:
New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available.
Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com:
Bug#1373; Package bootdisk. Full text available.
Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk, with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism
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