Here are my package ratings:
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insmod version 2.1.85
GCC:2.7.2.3
GNU ld version 2.9.1 (with BFD 2.9.1)
/lib/libc.so.5->/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5.4.44
/lib/libc.so.6->libc-2.0.7.so
ldd (GNU libc) 2.0.7
/usr/lib/libg++.so.2.7.2->libg++.so.2.7.2.8
/usr/lib/libg++.so.2.7.2.8
procps version 1.2.7
This is procinfo version 13 (1998-03-07)
mount: mount-2.7l
net-tools 1.45
hostname 1.96 (1996-02-18)
basename (GNU sh-utils) 1.16
GNU bash, version 1.14.7(1)
with almost all of these coming direct from the RedHat update
directory (I'm learning not to trust their contrib directory, and yes,
I know, I shouldn't be doing RPMs but they are so darn convenient)
MagicSysReq didn't really give me any useful information other than
that I was on one of the "grep" lines filtering output from one of the
ifconfig calls in the ifup script. I will take a close look at my
network config and kernel network settings, but considering this is
a long line of items, I expect there is a common thread which I am
tripping over.
To recap, the following services work fine with 2.1.90 but hang the
boot sequence with anything since perhaps 2.1.97 (and definately
2.1.100 and on ... there have been no changes in behaviour since
.100)
- mount -t vfat (but mount -t ext2 works fine to a partition on
the same disk.
- hwclock hangs
- ifconfig or grep hangs during the netscripts.
I'm running a pretty plain vanilla 1996-vintage Pentium-S system
with one CPU, 32MB, "Intel Pentium 75+ stepping 0c" with SMP commented out.
PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 0 function 57
PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I7,P-1) -> -1
My PCI config (just in case this helps) is
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
# CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT is not set << no change if set
CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
# CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
If there is anything else anyone needs to know, they need only ask.
Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@who.net> -------- http://visitweb.com/~garym/
TeleDynamics http://visitweb.com/teledynamics/ RR#1 Sauble Beach, Ont CAN
telecenter design -- telework systems -- intranet/extranet consulting
"You don't play what you know; you play what you hear." ----- Miles Davis
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