Haven't been following these lists lately, but if anyone has encountered the following prob with a Duron , with RH 6.2 - (this may turn out to be another LILO/6215, so Shanu , maybe you can add it to the exocore.com/linux page). > > CPU: AMD AMD Duron(tm) Processor stepping 00 > Enabling extended fast FPU save and restore...done. > Disabling CPUID Serial number...general protection fault: 0000 > > Then lots of numbers and Stack numbers are printed in hex which i can copy > if they help. This all finishes with a kernel panic and the whole thing > hangs I found the above and the following fix for it, while searching if Duron has any probs with Linux. Planning to buy a Duron CPU and MB in a couple of days. Epox has a fix for these types of Kernel panics http://www.epox.com/html/english/support/motherboard/Get.asp?Article=1271 POSSIBLE SOLUTION This issue appears to be related to a Processor Serial Number function supported by Redhat that the Duron does not. There are two possible resolutions depending upon the status of your installation. 1. When first installing Redhat 6.2 (or 6.1) you will be asked at some stage if you require any special parameters for the kernel. At this point enter: x86_serial_nr=1 Once installed, this parameter is already in the kernel and there is no need to do more. 2. If Redhat was already installed type at the lilo prompt: linux x86_serial_nr=1 Once you boot, recompile the kernel with the: "Disable Serial Number at boot" left clear. - Bhyrav Prasad ---------------------------------------------- LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for a purpose. Violations of the rules of this list will result in stern action.
