Well whatever it is Alex, the kernel's having trouble with the system clock and 'init', process ID number 1 is having trouble working out how to keep things running. Do a google search on that motherboard and linux to see if there's any problems other people have had. Try it with various operating systems if you can to see if it's a genuine fault. Also try a couple of single disk linux distro's to see if they get off the ground, might be an issue with particular kernel's. Also, ensure the BIOSes on each of the machines have the same idea about the disk geometry.
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Alex Chard wrote: > Hello All, > It's been a while since i've posted here. > I have just set up a RH Linux 7.2 machine, and > I have been having various probems. The first > problem was that it wouldn't install and i got the message: > > "Install exited abnormally" > > before the installation had copied any files. I > installed it on another machine, and moved the hard > drive to the original machine, and it booted, but it would > not start X windows, for various reasons. The problem i > am having now though, which might be caused by the same > thing as all the other problems is that it won't finish > booting. It gets up to > > "Starting system logger" > > and the seems to freeze. I left it and came back half an > hour later, to find the folowing messages: > > INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a > motherboard > probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration > probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a > motherboard > probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration > probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a > motherboard > probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration > > with the following message being repeated: > > probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a > motherboard > probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration > > and every 5 minutes: > > INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes > > would appear. > > The motherboard is an ASUS A7A-266E motherboard with an ALi� MAGIK 1 Chipset > (M1647 North Bridge with 1535D+ South Bridge). > > Please let me know if you need any more information, and im very grateful > for any help at all. > > Thanks in advance, > Alex Chard > > -- ---<GRiP>--- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Answering Machine/fax: 02 4950 1194 (wait 5 mins if no answer) Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
