Problem with linux

[agabriel at coe.neu.edu (Anthony J. Gabrielson)]

Did you compile the kernel as a 386?  Thats the only mode I even got close
to running linux right with.

Anthony

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 brad at 110.net wrote:

> Anthony,
> 
> I am using a cyrix 300. Though linux times it being a 225 MHz processer. i
> recompiled the kernel, and tried to run it, but i got the same error, I got a
> screen full of garbage, and at the end it said attemping to kill idle task -
> not syncing. Thanks for the thought, 
>  
> thanks,
> -brad
> 
> On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 	What kind of proccessor do you have?  I put linux up on a cryix
> > 300 once and compilied the kernel for a pentium - and it had similar
> > results.  Have you tried compiling you kernel for a 386?
> > 
> > Just a thought,
> > Anthony
> > 
> > On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Jerry Feldman {75562} wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm just grasping at straws here. I would suggest you try a few things:
> > > First, go back to an earlier kernel. If you have the sources, say, 2.2.10 or
> > > earlier, try building it with the same configuration. 
> > > 
> > > Also, I don't think your problem is related to X or graphics since you have
> > > a problem in command line. You could try to crash the system from single
> > > user mode, but that might be a bit harder. 
> > > 
> > > I would also look at the IRQs you have assigned. You could have an IRQ
> > > conflict. I don't recall what command line utilities are available to list
> > > IRQs, but the KDE control panel has this capability. 
> > > 
> > > You could also have a board without a driver generating a spurious
> > > interrupt, a bad driver, or whatever. Do the quickest things first, which is
> > > probably booting a backup kernel. 
> > > 
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