Re: [NOTICE] libc6 problems (Re: libc and other things)
Just as a reference for those interested, I am sucessfulyl running 2.2.7
stock on an LX, so the problem is not with _all_ of the 4m machines, so
it would seem...
--Adam
On Thu, 6 May 1999, Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
> Samuel Tardieu <sam@debian.org> wrote:
> > So, the question now is: has anyone be able to boot a SS10 using
> > kernel 2.2.7?
>
> I'm a newcomer to sparc-Debian but an old Debian user. I installed
> my first sparc Linux box (SS20, 2CPUs, 288MB memory) on Sunday
> evening.
>
> After playing with it a bit, I compiled a 2.2.7 kernel and it did
> not boot. The boot process froze just before switching to Linux
> boot screen which displays the penguin(s). Going back to 2.2.6
> solved the problem.
>
> However, I had to go all the back to 2.1.125 before the box became
> stable. I tried 2.2.1 and 2.2.6 and it froze quite often. One of
> the problems is the "use X, get killed" problem which is discussed
> e.g. on sparc-linux list. The SS20 is our old server which might
> have a little flaky hardware which might explain some of the
> mysterious crashes. It's been up for 37 hours now and is running
> 2.1.125 kernel.
>
> > Sam
>
> // Heikki
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> Heikki Vatiainen * hessu@cs.tut.fi
> Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
>
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Adam Smith
admsmith@purdue.edu
Purdue University
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