Re: 2.1.93 won't boot

George Bonser (grep@oriole.sbay.org)
Wed, 8 Apr 1998 01:21:07 -0700 (PDT)


On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Steven Ireland wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:07:08 +0200, you wrote:
>
> I've just build 93 with SMP on, but this time turned PCI off in 'make config'.
> The kernel crashes and reboot in the same manner.

Look in /usr/src/linux in the Makefile and look for SMP=1. Insert a #
character ahead of it like so:

original:

SMP=1

Should be:

#SMP=1

and recompile.

>
> The VGA briefly shows a full screen of repeated columns of 4 characters, usually
> 2 blanks, a white symbol and an inverse purple bullet character.
>
> So, summing up
>
> P60 step 7, FX chipset, integrated NCR53c810 SCSI controller.
>
> 92,SMP,PCI - OK, 'cat /proc/pci' ok.
> 93,SMP,PCI - reboot
> 93,SMP,PCI & pci=off on command line - reboot
> 93,SMP,no PCI - reboot
> 93,UP,PCI - OK, 'scanpci' correct, but 'cat /proc/pci' mangled (posted earlier).
>
> Steve.
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