Re: v2.5.32 - v2.5.64+ Locks at Boot with Athlon Machine

Karl Vogel (karl.vogel@seagha.com)
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:09:00 +0100


On 12 Mar 2003, you wrote in linux.kernel:

> I've tried versions 2.5.32, 2.5.59, 2.5.61, and 2.5.64, as well as
> version 2.5.31 and earlier on my machine. Every version from 2.5.32
> and above locks up after printing:
>
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
>
> I've noticed there have been some significant changes in what I
> understand of the boot process at this point, but I can't decipher
> the assembly hardly at all well enough to try to investigate
> further. Is there any place that I can acquire a set of the
> separate, unrelated patches that happened between 2.5.31 (which
> boots) and 2.5.32? I'm basically a trained monkey when it comes to
> debugging this kind of thing, so I'm going to have to try the old
> "back out a patch and see if it works" technique.
>
> My config file is pretty bare-bones, I've tried with and without the
> "mem=nopentium" and "noauto" kernel parameters (as dredged up via
> Google). I've also tried replacing setup.S from v2.5.31, this just
> immediately reboots.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
> --Jim
>

I'm having the same problem with 2.5.64 (haven't tried another dev kernel
yet). The system boots, prints the

'Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.'

message and then locks up. After 2-3 seconds the capslock led turns off and
then the system is totally locked, requiring a press of the reset button to
reset the system (CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work). SysRq doesn't work either.

My system specs:
- AthlonXP 1700
- VIA KT266A chipset / 512Mb DDR ram
- normal keyboard (no USB) and PS/2 mouse
- GeForce4 Ti4600 videocard (kernel not compiled with framebuffer)
- 3 IDE UDMA harddisks, 1 IDE CD-RW attached


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