Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Sep 1999 08:03:38 +0200 (CEST) | From | georg.funke@netcolog ... | Subject | Re: Linux 2.3.18ac[1-9] kernels do not boot |
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Hi,
On 27 Sep, Anant Kabra wrote: > Hi, > > I am running a stock 2.3.18 kernel, which seems to > work > fine on my machine. > > But I tried the ac patched kernels and they fail to > boot on my machine. The problem is that the ac patched > kernels fail to boot on my machine. After typing > "linux" on lilo, the computer says uncompressing > kernel, then booting from kernel, and then just hangs. > No more output, just the two lines. On the other hand, > the stock 2.3.18 kernel seems to work perfectly. > > I had the problem with ac7, so I waited for ac8 and > then ac9. All had the same problem. So I tried to find > out when the problem started. I started with ac1, and > didn't have to go far, because the problem started > with > this first ac patch. > > I have a AMD K6-III on a MVP VIA-3 MB, and realtek > 8029 > NIC. My config file is included below. The same config > file works with the stock kernel. > > Is anyone experiencing this problem? If not, then > could > anyone tell me how to diagnose the problem? If you > need > more information, let me know. > > thanks, > Anant > PS : Please send reply to: > > anantk@yahoo.com > Here is my .config > ____________________________________________________________ > > > # > # Automatically generated make config: don't edit > # > CONFIG_X86=y > CONFIG_ISA=y > > # > # Code maturity level options > # > CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y > > # > # Processor type and features > # > # CONFIG_M386 is not set > # CONFIG_M486 is not set > # CONFIG_M586 is not set > # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set > CONFIG_M686=y > # CONFIG_MK7 is not set > CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y > CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y > CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y > CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y > CONFIG_X86_TSC=y > CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y > CONFIG_1GB=y > # CONFIG_2GB is not set > # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set > # CONFIG_MTRR is not set > # CONFIG_SMP is not set >
Afaik the correct processor type for a K6 + K6-II + K6-III is "Pentium/K6/TSC" (CONFIG_M586TSC)
My K6-III works good with this setting.
Georg
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