Re: Freeze after startup with bf24
Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> writes:
> * Jeremy Hankins [Thu, Jul 17 2003, 10:39:36AM]:
>
>> > Unfortunately, right after the boot up (when the select language
>> > display is up) the machine freezes and wont accept any input --
>> > capslock doesn't light the keyboard led, either. The machine is a
>> > Precision 350 from Dell that came preinstalled with Redhat and was
>> > running kernel 2.4.18. The floppies I made work fine on another
>> > machine here.
>>
>> For what it's worth, this happens with the standard bf2.4 as well.
>
> Try the default 2.2.20-idepci flavor, or use Google. You have a Dell
> box, live with that.
Yeah, don't I know it. Though it's not actually mine, I just have to
get it going. The trick will be getting the e1000 module going for
2.2.20, which evidently means I'll need to downgrade my gcc, etc,
etc.... *sigh*
Just thought I'd ask to see if anyone knew why it was freezing like
that and save myself a bit of work. I'm just hoping it's a
boot-floppies issue and not a kernel issue, so I can install 2.4 on it
once it's up. The standard boot floppies work fine, save for the lack
of a nic module.
--
Jeremy Hankins <nowan@nowan.org>
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