Messages in this thread | | | From | Kenneth Aafløy <> | Subject | Re: linux crashing on amd athlons? | Date | Mon, 7 Jun 2004 03:16:53 +0200 |
| |
On Monday 07 June 2004 01:57, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote: > > While installing linux on an amd athlon, the kernel is oopsing and > > shuting down the computer at random places within the install. This is > > a custom built kernel off of kernel.org I built, which I optimized for > > athlon then i386 afterwards, but with no luck. > > I have several Athlons (from the venerable 500 to the new XP 2600+) in > use at various sites, no problems. Among them an XP 1700+ in server use > with vanilla 2.4.26, rock solid. > > Check you've used a supported compiler and binutils, then check the > hardware. Cooling (heat sink), RAM (try memtest86), power supply, proper > clock speed and core voltage, proper RAM timing -- these are all > contributing factors to instability if not carefully chosen and > installed.
I have a dual Athlon MP2400+ running very stable on Linux Kernel (.org) 2.6.7-rc1, only the last week I have had random segfaults while compiling kernels and the like. So I popped open the case and vacuumed it, every thing, with special care on fans and ribbons. After this it's been running flawlessly again :)
My point beeing, better know your hardware before checking for flaws in Linux!
Kenneth - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |