Messages in this thread | | | From | "Dunlap, Randy" <> | Subject | RE: IBM Netvista problem / help | Date | Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:23:30 -0700 |
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> : The keyboard works during BIOS and boot because > : the USB controller is doing legacy device emulation (keyboard > : and mouse). > > Great. That's hopeful. > > : What processor and chipset does the Netvista have? > : Chipset is especially important: maybe no 8042, SIO.... > : > : Assuming i386/x86: > > It's x86 but all I have so far is the docs from IBM which > aren't very useful. > I'll have to crack it open tomorrow and see if I can > determine anything helpful. > > : I would have guessed that empty_8042: in > linux/arch/i386/boot/setup.S > : was looping forever, but it now has a (long) timeout, > : so my next guess is that the processor can't enable (gate) A20 > : ON successfully (depending on the chipset being used). > > Uh, when did that timeout go into effect? I think the stock > RedHat bootdisk is based on 2.2.12 but I'll have to check.
It's in 2.2.14 and not in 2.2.7. I'll let you look in between.
> : If this patch would fix the Netvista problem, the "problem" > : then is applying the patch and building it on another > : system and then transferring the kernel to the boot disk > : (or boot floppy; does it have a floppy?) of the Netvista. > > %$^#@ it, no. I need to dig up a USB floppy and see if that > will work or just > dump the bootdisk to another cdrom and try that.
USB floppy won't work until you have a kernel with USB support ($%!#@&*)...unless the BIOS supports USB floppies, but that probably won't help you either.
~Randy
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