Re: ZX6000 hangs on boot of Debian 10.0
Hi John!
On 10/7/20 6:42 PM, John Vakonakis wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply. No luck I'm afraid; I tried a couple of images
> with kernel 4.9.0 but they hang ~20 sec after boot start (but always at
> exactly the same point, unlike kernel 5.7.0 that hang at random points).
> But, I'll keep going through them just in case I find one working.
Do you know what kind of storage controller the machine uses? Chances are
you have one of these "hpsa" controllers which require a firmware update
to properly work in SMP mode.
Try booting with "nosmp".
I was able to fix this problem by upgrading the firmware of the controller.
Adrian
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