Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: CRC errors decompressing kernel on boot | From | Pedro Soria Rodriguez <> | Date | 27 Mar 2003 11:15:41 +0100 |
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I ended up finding a solution to my problem myself, so I will post it here for the record. First, a summary of the problem I had with kernel 2.4.20-ac2 and 2.4.21-pre5-ac2 and Lilo 22.4:
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 16:05, Pedro Soria Rodriguez wrote: > I am getting a CRC error when the kernel is being decompressed after > loading. It is intermitent, but I can force it to occur on every boot > if I type on the keyboard while the kernel is loaded (before being > decompressed). > It happens on a certain machine, > with USB keyboard, and not with a PS2 keyboard. > It does not happen on other machines with USB or PS2 keyboards.
The problem turned out to be a combination of LILO and an apparently buggy BIOS.
I switched from using LILO to using GRUB as a boot loader, and the problem went away. I found that loading a kernel with SYSLINUX (from CDROM), LoadLin (from DOS), PXE (over the net) all works fine. It is only when loading it with LILO when the CRC error appears. I read somewhere on the net that the problem may be related to a buggy BIOS in the machine.
The problem was the USB keyb + buggy BIOS + LILO + large kernel (apparently this does not happen on small kernels, as I read somewhere else on the net).
cheers,
-- Pedro Soria-Rodríguez
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