On Thu, 25 Dec 1997, Mircea Damian wrote:
> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 14:17:29 +0200
> From: Mircea Damian <dmircea@kappa.ro>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: K6
>
> Hi,
>
> I had a small problem while trying to boot a linux kernel 2.0.30 on a
> computer with a K6 processor.
> The kernel was bare.i from slackware 3.4.
>
> The symptom is that after loading the ramdisk a reboot occurs while trying
> to detect the speed of the CPU(i think). I can't bet on it because this is happening
> to quick for my eyes.
>
> The machine has a Triton TX motherboard with 512K cache and 64Mb RAM.
> The only card on that computer was a NE2000 compatible(no SB or other
> devices) but I think that this doesn't matter since the kernel doesn't
> reach that point.
>
> First I thought that if I will compile a new kernel(ie 2.0.33) I'll get rid of
> this problem but I was wrong.
> I tried to boot with mem=16 and no change!
>
> Can someone tell me how to find out what's wrong there?
>
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