Re: Trouble booting Debian GNU/Linux
Sounds like a hardware problem. Have you checked out if your hardware
is compatable with Linux? The hardware compatability page at debian.org
is very helpful to review.
Lanora Hankins wrote:
>
> I am trying to install Debian system from the VA LiNUX Systems, O'Reilly,
> sgi boxed set.
>
> The kernel it uses is the Linux 2.2.12 (from Kernel-image
> 2.2.12-2.2.12-1).
>
> The motherboard is a PK5. There is no manufacture on the board or doc,
> but I found a ABIT board my that name and the BIOS numbers match there
> numbers for this board.
>
> It has the Award Modular BIOS 4.50G it also prints the line "Green Cache
> Pentium PCI System BIOS" right after the Award BIOS line. At the bottom
> of the screen it prints "10/19/94-SiS-501-503-2A5IAA11-70"
>
> The BIOS setup screen has at the top "PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IAA11)"
>
> Problem:
> When I hit <return> at the boot prompt the kernel loads and
> uncompresses then starts.
> message are being listed on the screen.
> .
> .
> .
> Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled
> POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.00 entry at 0xfc380
>
> at this point it freezes and will do nothing more.
>
> Thanks for the help
> Paul Hankins
>
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