2.3.24 fails to boot

Jerry Peters (gapeters@worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 22:24:30 +0000


As an update to this message; I tried the suggestion that someone
on l-k made to try booting with mem=16M. In this case it hangs after
displaying "ok, now booting the kernel".

>2.3.24 fails the same way as 2.3.23, it immediately reboots after
>displaying "ok, now booting the kernel"
>
>Linux pentode 2.3.18 #30 Fri Sep 10 19:07:27 EDT 1999 i586 unknown
>Kernel modules 2.1.71
>Gnu C 2.7.2.3
>Binutils 2.9.5.0.16
>Linux C Library 0.6.so*
>Dynamic linker ldd: version 1.9.6
>Linux C++ Library 2.7.2*
>Linux C++ Library 2.7.2*
>Procps 1.2.3
>Mount 2.9x
>Net-tools 1.45
>Kbd 0.96
>Sh-utils 1.16
>Modules Loaded ppp_async ppp_generic slhc smc-ultra 8390 lp
>parport_pc parport
>
>I've upgraded binutils since 2.3.23.
>This is an Intel Pentium 233MMX on an Abit AX5 with 64M ram. All power
>management feature are turned off in the BIOS. I've successfully run
>development kernels up to 2.3.22 (which died a horrible death at
>shutdown).
>
> Jerry
>
>Partial .config
># CONFIG_ACPI is not set
># CONFIG_APM is not set
>
>#
># Processor type and features
>#
># CONFIG_M386 is not set
># CONFIG_M486 is not set
># CONFIG_M586 is not set
>CONFIG_M586TSC=y
># CONFIG_M686 is not set
># CONFIG_MK7 is not set
>CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
>CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
>CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
>CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
>CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
>CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
># CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
># CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
># CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
># CONFIG_MTRR is not set
># CONFIG_SMP is not set
># Console drivers
>#
>
>CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
># CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
># CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
>
>#
># Frame-buffer support
>#
># CONFIG_FB is not set

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