Pardon my asking an install question, but I have gotten noplace on newbie and alt.os.linux.mandrake.
I have a set of install discs for mdk 9.0 from Cheapbytes. I managed to install 9.0 over an existing ext2 (Mdk 8.2) and swap a partition (not an update) without many problems. However, when I tried to boot from CD 1 in the 2nd pc, it hangs pretty quickly. I can get to the intital screen where you chose <f1> for options, <enter> for default boot. The dfault just brings me to a faint clear raster on the screen, then no activity for mins from CD or Hard Ddive. When I <f1> and type in "text" the boot starts; the kernel gets loaded and stuff gets logged to the screen, but comes to a quick freeze. The last few lines displayed are: Checking 'hlt instruction...OK. Checking for popad bug...OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 ESR value before enabling vector:00000002 _ (frozen at this point) The machine it worked on is an old low end HP Pavilion The failing machine is a box with an MSI K7T266Pro2 motherboard with an Athelon 1700+ Graphics card is a PNY Verto (nVidia GeForce4 MX 420.) I got the source code from the mdk 9.0 release source and grepped it to find where the last screen message is comming from; I found one match in a module apic.c. There are 2 (or 3 if an if statment is counted) function calls, then a message similar the the last one I see (with after, rather than before) but the code never gets here. Of course, as I have done some light weight programming and support troubleshooting on simple projects, I realize the problem (or "feature") introduced in the 2.4.19 kernel might actualy arise in another module this is a kind of starting point, but I have no idea where to inquire about this; perhaps some of you experts could point me to some likely venues. I don't think an ignoramous such as myself should "crash" the kernel mailing list; that's bad form. Any suggestions or hints would be most welcome. -Matt __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
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