Re: How to capture bootstrap oops?

[Andrew Morton]

[e-mail] wrote:
> 
> I need some help, I'm new to this.  I have compliled a 2.5.39 kernel for
> my quad pentium pro system and it is oopsing on bootup.  Unfortunently,
> it looks like a good portion of the oops scrolls off of the screen.  Since
> I don't have the ability to hook up a serial terminal, how do I capture
> this oops so I can report it?

This might suffice?

--- linux-2.5.39/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	Fri Sep 27 15:09:03 2002
+++ 25/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	Sun Sep 29 17:02:38 2002
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg
 	handle_BUG(regs);
 	printk("%s: %04lx\n", str, err & 0xffff);
 	show_registers(regs);
+	for ( ; ; )
+		;
 	bust_spinlocks(0);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&die_lock);
 	do_exit(SIGSEGV);