On Saturday 10 November 2001 12:57 am, Epicurus wrote:
> On Friday 09 November 2001 04:55, you wrote:
> > just wondering how well mandrake/linux works on athlon-based
> > systems? are there any issues which i need to be careful about?
> >
> > thanks.
>
> I've got Mandrake 8.0 runing on an Athlon-750 and can point you to
> one problem which you might want to watch out for--appearantly
> there was some sort of problem between the kernel and the BIOS
> which caused it to fail booting; it'd lock up right after the "INIT
> 2.78" message. Easy enough to fix; just make sure you install the
> older version of the kernel as well and if the new kernel turns out
> to be a problem, go for the old one. :)
There's no kernel problem. What you experienced is indicative of
marginal or misconfigured hardware or bios version (Phoenix?). Most
likely problem is marginal cpu/cache/ram subsytem, ie, your
motherboard, or next, a marginal or misconfigured bios. The kernel's
already booted when you see that INIT mesg.
/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS $ rpm -qpil SysVinit-2.78-11mdk.i586.rpm
Name : SysVinit Relocations: (not
relocateable)
Version : 2.78 Vendor: MandrakeSoft
Release : 11mdk Build Date: Wed 22 Aug
2001 12:27:35 PM EDT
Install date: (not installed) Build Host:
no.mandrakesoft.com
Group : System/Configuration/Boot and Init Source RPM:
SysVinit-2.78-11mdk.src.rpm
Size : 160842 License: GPL
Packager : Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Summary : Programs which control basic system processes.
Description :
The SysVinit package contains a group of processes that control
the very basic functions of your system. SysVinit includes the init
program, the first program started by the Linux kernel when the
system boots. Init then controls the startup, running and shutdown
of all other programs.
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