Bug#416210: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 startup logs
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 10:17:43PM +0200, Grzegorz Szyszlo wrote:
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> I attach full boot console.
> First is 686 kernel. At the end boot is hanging, but I can
> ctrl+pgup/pgdown, and alt+ctrl+del reboot server immediately
> Next is 486 startup and last stopping messages. This works ok.
>
> I'm not exactly sure, ide cdrom driver cause problem.
>
> Sometimes system boot forward, after Uniform CD-ROM ,
> but ..... load module piix*** and definitly hang up. System not respond
> for shift+pgup/pgdown and ctrl+alt+del .
> I can't reproduce it on serial console.
OK. I don't have experience with such hardware.
Try to select modules you need for basic boot, i.e. don't use
MODULES=most in initramfs.conf, then manually load suspected modules, if
you need them, of course. E.g. why piix* is needed on serverworks
chipset?
> I tryed to find option in BIOS that disable SMP, but ....
> this is classical SCSI BIOS, booted from configuration partition.
> There SMP options for Linux. I used this server on NetWare.
> It is no matter, when I selected in BIOS NetWare or NetWareSMP.
> Allways I coud use server as SMP.
nosmp, noapic (see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt)
> What should I do? For test remove one processor?
> I'm sure, kernel has command to disable using apic, but I don't know what
> this command is. I'll try to find tommorow.
Good luck.
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