Re: Kernel hangs on startup [was Re: Linux 2.1.125ac1]

Georg Wilckens (Durandal@t-online.de)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 00:49:36 +0100

> From: Matt Kemner <kemner@live.networx.net.au>
> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:21:40 +0800 (WST)
> Subject: Re: Linux 2.1.125ac1
>
> nuetzel> > I've checked your ac1 patch and my machine hangs hard right
> nuetzel> > after the first line coming up on screen.
> nuetzel> > Linux version 2.1.125 ... --> hang
>
> alan> That suggests something choken in the setup code - during chip
> alan> identification
>
> I had the same problem with ac1 on my K6-200 on a VIA-based motherboard.
> I suspected the changes in setup.c that are in ac1 and ac2 but ac2 works
> fine while ac1 fails with the hang.
> Actually mine says:
>
> Loading linuxac1
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
>
> and that's where it hangs. No keyboard control, nada.

This happened to me on plain 2.1.125.
I had 125 running fine for a couple of days but had problems with
parallel port (my fault), so I went back to 2.0.35. I tried 2.1.125
again today with a slightly modified .config, and it hangs just like
the above. I'll try to trace it down...

Georg
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