Re: 2.4.9 won't boot
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 12:02:52PM -0700, bedlam@alumni.rice.edu wrote:
> I have recently installed Debian on an old Pentium computer using the
> official image from debian.org. I have it running w/ kernel 2.2.19pre17,
> however this does not support my Netgear fa311 NIC and I've been
> unsuccessful in compiling their source code. I've been trying to compile
> and use the 2.4.8 kernel because 2.4 should have National Semiconductor
> chipset support (and hence my netgear card) but when I try to boot I get
> nothing. The screen says:
>
> LILO Linux Loader blahblah............
> Uncompressing the kernel... Ok, booting the kernel.
>
> And then it hangs. Doesn't go blank, just sits there w/ a blinking
> cursor. A friend of mine, quite experienced w/ debian, has been helping me
> and he is stumped. I have read that older machines could have a problem w/
> bzImage, but I thought the debian release was in bz format, and the CD
> kernel image runs correctly. Any help?
I dont't if it is related to your problem but I observed that 2.4.7/2.4.8
have problems with older IDE disks (in my case disk in trouble is Quantum
500MB) while rest of my disks pool (seven differrent types) is OK.
Kernel 2.4.8-ac4 cured my problem.
Mirek
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