Re: Hangs after "Loading" but before "Uncompressing"

From: Manfred Spraul (manfreds@colorfullife.com)
Date: Tue Jan 25 2000 - 16:15:51 EST

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> parts swapping to try to isolate the problem. I found that if I replace my
> ADM K6/2 350, with
> a Cyrix 6x86 266 then Linux will boot.

Check you compiler settings:

Cyrix 6x86 supports the CMOV instruction
AMD K6/2 doesn't support them.

I guess you've compiled a kernel for PPro instead of Pentium/TSC?

-- Manfred

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