--- Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > installed two times Red Hat in this notebook during this week, and
> no
> > freeze was suffered during the whole installation process, which is
> a
> > process that as you know requires almost an hour to complete.
> > 
> > IŽm just asking why the kernel doesnŽt freeze during the
> installation
> > process (which it is supposed to run Linux I suspect :) ) and just
> > after booting and typing some commands in init 1 mode, it freezes;
> > quite strange. 
> 
> At least one possible cause is that the runtime kernels will use APM
> power
> management and other facilities that the install kernel intentionally
> avoids
> because a tiny number of boxes have it broken.
> 
> You can boot with extra boot options (apm=off I believe it is) to
> disable
> APM use.

Alan,

The custom made kernel (2.4.16) I tried yesterday (compiled under my
Mandrake workstation and ftped to the notebook) didnŽt have the APM
option set. I could post the .config but first, as to discard a memory
error as you suggested, IŽll try tonight memtest86 and see what
happends.

Thanks.
jc.


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