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> Gregg,
> 
>   If it is L2 cache you can usually disable that through the bios.  On
> the typical Bios Configuration screen it would be under the Chipset
> features section.  It usually makes the system run unbearably slow
> though.

I used to run a 75Mhz P2 with a blown L2 cache as the router between
my cable modem and my LAN. It was dog-slow for anything interactive,
but was able to handle all the necessary bandwidth (1Mbit down,
256Kbit up) :-)

-- Joe

> I hope this helps,
> 
> J. D.
> 
> On 7/8/05, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have an old machine that I need to use from time to time.  PIII 700MHz.
> > 
> > It has a unique (within my office) configuration of hardware raid and
> > scsi tape that I don't want to replicate right now.
> > 
> > It has been unreliable recently and I just finished running Memtest on
> > it.  It runs fine if I have cache disabled, but it runs poorly if I
> > have cache enabled (via memtest).
> > 
> > Is there a way to boot Linux with the cache disabled?  (I know it will
> > be slow, but I just need to restore one tape.)
> > 
> > I prefer to use SuSE, and I have SuSE boot CDs from 8.0 forward.
> > 
> > Greg
> > -- 
> > Greg Freemyer
> > The Norcross Group
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