Re: [BUG] (regression) AMD k6-III/450 won't boot w/2.6.22-rc1

[Jan Engelhardt]

On May 15 2007 21:27, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>On Tue, 15 May 2007 22:13:14 -0500 (CDT) Bob Tracy wrote:
>
>> The 2.6.22-rc1 boot panics early in amd_mcheck_init() with my k6-III/450.
>> It panics early enough that some of what I'm sure would be useful has
>> already scrolled off the screen, and there's no scrollback buffer at
>> that point.  If more detail is needed, I'll have to transcribe what I
>> *can* see by hand.
>
>or use digital camera photo of screen if you have such a camera.
>
>It's a good idea to increase the screen virtual size by decreasing
>the font size if your video driver supports that.

In short, boot with vga=6 (80x50), or even vga=ask, selecting something with
lots of chars (132x60 for example)


	Jan
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