Messages in this thread | | | From | (Erik) | Subject | Re: Am486/100 writeback processor reboot woes | Date | 23 Oct 1996 13:31:57 GMT |
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On Wed, 16 Oct 1996 13:24:14 +0100 (BST), Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk> posted: >On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Toni Nikkanen wrote: > >> >> Linux has never been able to start a reboot on my AMD 486/100 processor, >> the machine simply hangs itself right at the spot where the machine should >> start rebooting. I thought I'll start playing around with the stuff in >> arch/i386/kernel/process.c but would appreciate some hints as to what is >> worth trying and what is not. >> >> >Have you tried 2.0.22 ? If I remember correctly, it has the cold >reboot code that's in 2.1 ....
If you have this problem, your motherboard is MISCONFIGURED. You must configure your motherboard as either (A) a 486S (SL?) chip (not SX ) (B) an INTEL 486 DX/4 chip
This is a fairly common problem on 486 DX4/120s from AMD, and probably should be a FAQ.
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