Re: Reboots immediately at bootup
Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 10:58:29 +1000
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:05:11 +0100 (BST),
Ian Whalley <ian@sophos.com> wrote:
>I have a problem I've never experienced before -- a whole batch of
>new computers we've just put together all exhibit the same problem
>when attempting to install Linux. I boot from a bootdisk [!], and
>at some point in the startup process, the system is hard rebooted.
>I can't see how far it gets in the boot process, because it's
>too quick!
Compile the kernel with a serial console, run a cable from COMn to
another machine and capture the boot log there. At least you can see
where it gets to.