On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Eric Poulsen wrote:
> Peter Stuge wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 09:02:12AM -0700, Eric Poulsen wrote: >> >>> As usual, flipping to the factory BIOS, seeing the "corrupt CMOS" >>> message, and re-writing the CMOS fixed the issue. >>> >> >> Are you sure this is actually the case, as opposed to "after >> rebooting with the factory BIOS the system does not crash immediately >> on the next boot with LinuxBIOS" - they are quite different. >> > I'm not sure I fully understand your definition / distinction. Here are > some options: > > 1) Use factory BIOS, re-save CMOS, Boot OS, Reboot later using LB > 2) Use factory BIOS, NOT re-save CMOS, Boot OS, Reboot later using LB > 3) Use factory BIOS, re-save CMOS, powerdown, boot use LB > 4) Use factory BIOS, NOT re-save CMOS, powerdown, boot use LB > 5) Other ? > > "re-save CMOS" means entering BIOS menu and choosing "save changes and exit" > > When I have the crash problem, I have been using option #3. I'm not > sure if that answers your question =) > > If the "using defaults" message from the Factory BIOS does NOT re-write > the CMOS, I suspect that #2 and #4 WON'T fix the problem. I'm fairly > certain that #1 fixes the issue. > > Actually booting the OS after the CMOS reset doesn't seem to be necessary. > >> >>> I immediately flipped back to LB, and it worked as expected. >>> >> >> Worked reliably or did not crash while you were looking? >> > The crash _always_ occurs during initial kernel execution, before 'init' > starts. It never crashes once it fully boots. I'm not sure what > "reliably" vs "while looking" means. Once it goes into 'crash mode', it > never fully boots. >> Can you reliably reproduce the crash? If not there's no way to tell >> if the problem has been fixed or merely isn't manifesting itself at >> that particular point in time. >> >> Does just rebooting with LinuxBIOS produce different results than >> factory(resetCMOS)->LinuxBIOS? >> > Rebooting with LB crashes every time, until I reset the CMOS with the > Factory BIOS. This is why I think it might be a CMOS issue -- the > crashing seems stateful. >> I second Richard on running memtest86, RAM problems can cause all >> sorts of funny things. >> > I'll hit the ram test ASAP. I've had other weird issues, such as the > kernel taking a REALLY LONG time to initialize stuff. This is new RAM, > so hopefully still under warranty. >> [..] You might try replacing the CMOS battery. If its voltage is a little low it would cause the CMOS to loose a bit or two over time. Russ -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
