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From: Scott W. <sc...@sl...> - 2010-09-15 18:33:05
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"The machine starts booting OpenSSI"... again, what are the last few lines of output? Since the screen goes black and doesn't give you a chance to read the messages, you should set up a serial console. Add "console=ttyS0,9600" to the kernel parameters for the bootloader and turn off getty for ttys0 in /etc/inittab (comment the line out, if it isn't already). Plug another computer in to the first serial port with a null modem cable or adapter, fire up a terminal program, and set it to keep a log. Perhaps you want to do that on the 686 class machine, not the 586 class machine. Looking at /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.14-ssi/.config, CONFIG_M686=y is uncommented, but CONFIG_M586MMX and on down are commented out/not set. Perhaps I modified my copy of this file and didn't remember that fact though. Cheers, -scott On 9/15/10, Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior <gla...@ya...> wrote: > Scott Walters escreveu: >> I don't understand the logic behind trying to recompile kernels. In >> the old days of probing ISA cards, the wrong set of actual hardware >> and drivers built-in to the kernel could cause crashes on boot, but >> that sort of thing is very rare these days. >> >> Boot the OpenSSI kernel and if the machine freezes during boot, post >> the last several console lines. > > This is the original post where I commented about the issue with this > machine: http://marc.info/?l=ssic-linux-users&m=128409498003227&w=2 > > I decided it's was a better idea to create a new thread for it, but I > forgot to mention that I could not get any error from the boot: the > machine starts booting OpenSSI kernel, the screen gets black and the > machine is rebooted. The machine get into a infinite looping because of > that, always rebooting. > > My guess is because the kernel of OpenSSI is for 686 systems, so that's > why I'm trying to compile the kernel to match it's processor. I can boot > with the original kernel from Debian, which was compiled for 386 > processors. > > Anyway, it's only a guess because I really don't think about any other > test that could be done in such situation. I would appreciate any help > with that. > > Thanks in advance, > Alceu > > > > |