Hi, This isn't specifically a debian problem, but having tried the non-debian solution already without success I'm hoping for some suggestions here. I have recently upgraded to a new system: MSI K7T Turbo mboard (Via KT133A chipset) and 1.2GHz Athlon (266MHz FSB) cpu. When I compile a kernel optimized for Athlon/Duron/K7, the new kernel only partially boots, with different errors each time. However, a kernel optimized for the K6 family (or anything generic) boots without any trouble at all.
On the linux kernel mailing list, Alan Cox had a couple of remarks about this back in July, saying that not all Via chipsets can deal with the Athlon kernel doing streaming copies at full bus performance. Supposedly, the official Via fixes have been applied since 2.4.6-ac5. Someone also wrote in saying that upgrading the power supply fixed the problem for his MSI + Athlon trouble. (Here are the links to the posts for anyone interested: http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0107.2/0853.html http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0107.2/0887.html) Here are my other system details: Power Supply: Antec 400W Memory: 2 x 512MB PC133 SDRAM Storage: Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller + 2 SCSI drives Video: ATI Rage 128 NIC: Netgear FA310 OS: Debian unstable Kernel: tried 2.4.8-ac5, 2.4.9-ac3, 2.4.9-ac5 gcc: 2.95.4 glibc: /lib/libc.so.so6 -> libc-2.2.4.so Let me know if I should post any other information, and thanks for any suggestions! -tim __________________________________________________________________ Timothy Burt Duke University, Dept. of Physics 204 FEL Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
