Re: Unstable kernel question
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 dan@cg619985-a.adubn1.nj.home.com wrote:
> > However, I just recompiled the 2.2.14 kernel (had to change gcc to gcc272
> > in 3 places in the Makefile), but it still hangs when I boot it.
> >
> > It hangs after:
> > "Decompressing Linux. OK, now boot the kernel".
> Your compiler has nothing to do with it. I don't think downgrading to
> 2.7.2 is a good move, since 2.95.2 is _MUCH_ better in many areas,
> including optimization. 2.95.2 is not compatible with 2.0.x kernels.
> 2.2.x are just fine. Seek for the problem somewhere else in the
> kernel, for example, DMA support. Disable some hardware dependent
> options in the kernel, recompile, and pinpoint the problem.
Yes, that's pretty well my next step.
Only one other thought that I have first.
My root partition is 1023 cylinders for the well-known lilo/int13 issue.
However, this cylinder numbering is the translated LBA stuff. Those 1023
cyls are actually more like 16,000 physical cylinders.
I _assumed_ that the lilo/int13 issue would be OK with the BIOS/LBA view
of the disk. Does anybody know for sure? It's possible that when I copied
my old system to this new 27GB disk that the old kernel is under the
physical 1024 cyls, but the newly compiled attempts would be beyond that.
...RickM...
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