Hank Barta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks all for the help. > > > On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:14:37 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Can you check your hardware please (yes I saw below). From the >> hardware data the board sounds just like an Asus K8V which many of us >> have running perfectly so crashes sound strange. > > How to check? memtest is the only thing I see offhand. I know that a > 'no error' from that is not conclusive, but if it did detect errors, > that would be conclusive.
Have any spare parts around? Another cpu, different MB. > Debian i386 seems to do fine except for not noticing the built in > ethernet. It works fine with the Tulip card. > >> In Short: /debian-installer/current contains the daily build D-I >> images, which does not include a cdrom iso. The cdrom directory >> contains the files needed to build a cdrom with debian-cd. >> >> I also wrote a script (far simpler than debian-cd) that uses the same >> files to build a netinst cd and I do that iregulary from time to >> time. The script is in the tools directory (make-cd) if you want a >> newer image. > > I'm still clueless here. I can't find the tools directory or make-cd. > I'm sure this is documented somewhere, but I cannot find it. The link > on the HOW-TO points to the section on the installer describing how to > partition a hard drive. http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/tools/make-cd.sh >> It does sound like hardware. > > I can't rule that out at this point, but I do get different results > with different S/W. > >> >> Try installing the 64bit kernel-image-2.6.9-amd64-k8 (from i386) on >> your system and boot it. Does it still work then (guessing not). But >> if it does you can create a 64bit chroot and see if any of the >> binaries trigger the instability and so on. > > I could not find that kernel image. I did install Sorry, 2.6.9 is still not passt the sponsoring and queue NEW. I wish some people would hurry up. But 2.6.8 is fine. > kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8 and it does not work with the Tulip > card. dhclient reports checksum errors trying to establish the > connection. I think that via-rhine is the correct module for the on > board ETH and that does not load (Gentoo liveCD can load it, but > ifconfig etho reports no such device, but I don't know Gentoo and I > may be leaving something else out.) > > thanks, > hank > > -- > Beautiful Sunny Winfield Maybe compile your own 2.8.9 or even more recent kernel? I saw some reports about APIC bugs getting patches and maybe you have the same problem. MfG Goswin
