Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jun 2002 03:29:06 +0000 | Subject | Re: computer reboots before "Uncompressing Linux..." with 2.5.19-xfs | From | xsdg <> |
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On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 08:37:12PM -0400, Cengiz Akinli wrote: > In message <20020612002229.A27386@216.254.117.126>, xsdg writes: ::snip? SNIP!:: > The reply was: > > >I have a feeling that its the empty_8042 routine in arch/i386/boot/setup.S > >that's causing you problems.... without a keyboard attached, some > >controllers will hang there, sadly. If you feel brave, take a look in > >setup.S around lines 598 (where we enable a20) and 783 (the empty_8042 > >routine itself) and see if you can get rid of those calls to empty_8042 > >or otherwise screw around in there so that it doesn't wait forever to > >empty the controller's buffers. hrm... the box has a keyboard on it...
> >1) Compile the kernel, optimized for P-MMX, on another box (PII-350 Deschutes) > > using gcc 2.95.4 > > Have you tried building for a generic i386 target processor? Not yet... will try...
> >2) Recompile bzImage > >3) Recompile bzImage > > Well, if it didn't work the first time.... :) > > >4) Remove framebuffer support. Remove vid mode selection support. Optimize > > for Pentium-Classic. Recompile with everything else the same > >5) Recompile on target box (gcc 2.95.4 also) with options the same as after #4 > > I'm inclined to think none of this ha anything to do with it, because > the kernel in which all of these items reside is never booting up... > > My problem persisted despite my building a buck-naked 2.4.18 kernel. > It had no ANYTHING in it (not even module support) and was just 250K. > The results were the same. > > I'm betting on a problem with the boot loader or bios incompatibility. > My machine has a PhoenixBios (4.06 I think-- I'll check tomorrow). > What does your machine have? Award BIOS (don't know the version offhand) I'm using grub 0.91-2...
> Regards, > Cengiz
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