re my attempt to get my new box working -- Soyo Dragon Plus KT400 Black, AMD XP Barton 2500+, DDR400 (512 MB), ASUS AGP V9180 Magic (MX440 8x) -- , a 2nd night's testing made progress, tho' there's still more to do.
no problem with the CD drive, which i was able to mount from the RAMF118 diskette rescue system & also to use to start the Mdk 9.0 CD1 (in rescue mode). no problem with the HDD: all partitions & files seem ok (brief check-out). no problem with BIOS default settings: memory clock is set at 166 MHz & 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' shows 'model name = AMD Athlon XP 2500+' & 'cpu = 1833 MHz', which is what it should show. query: the CPU frequency (FSB) is on auto & i assume it's at 166 MHz , but how can i find out? i tried manually setting it to 166 MHz , but the machine wouldn't start; the CPU/PCI ratio is given as /3 , which would imply a CPU frequency of only 100 MHz : with the manual setting, there was no way to alter the ratio (there sb). the memory bus (FSB) is the crucial bottleneck on any system. finding: the 2.4.21-13mdkBOOT kernel (Mdk 9.1) won't start, running into a kernel panic as the previous night. however, the 9.0 kernel (2.4.19-7mdkBOOT) has no problem, so i've installed 9.0 as a test system & am presently downloading 9.2rc2 , which i can try to install tomorrow night. finding: Mdk 9.0 can't recognise the graphics card (not a big surprise), so the box has only a CLI i/face for the moment. 9.2rc2 sb ok here. anyone have any thoughts re what mb causing the panic with the 9.1 kernel ? hopefully, there won't be a problem with 9.2 , but in case there is it wb nice to have suggestions eg re parameters to pass to the kernel. finally & not least, thanx to GM & the others who have offered help so far. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto
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