Re: kernel panic while mounting root fs
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> Andrew;
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> I suppose that my first thought would be to BIOS differences...
> Have you already checked for "memory holes" and "shadow memory"?
Yep, did that check, everything was ok.
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> What is the size difference between the two kernels?
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The 2.0.36 is 406K, 2.2.10 is 495K. Both kernels worked before.
> While I am ignorant of the majority of the differences between 2.0-
> and 2.2- kernels is there any chance that a change in the handling of
> the disk geometry by the BIOS affects the 2.2 kernel where the 2.0
> might ignore the change?
That would be a good possibility.
I'll try recompiling the kernel with all the BIOS/mb fixes in it, see if
that helps. NExt would be to use a different mboard.
Andrew
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