Re: computer reboots before "Uncompressing Linux..." with 2.5.19-xfs

[xsdg <xsdg@openprojects.net>]

On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 08:37:12PM -0400, Cengiz Akinli wrote:
> In message <20020612002229.A27386@216.254.117.126>, xsdg writes:
::snip? SNIP!::
> The reply was:
> 
> >I have a feeling that its the empty_8042 routine in arch/i386/boot/setup.S
> >that's causing you problems.... without a keyboard attached, some
> >controllers will hang there, sadly. If you feel brave, take a look in
> >setup.S around lines 598 (where we enable a20) and 783 (the empty_8042
> >routine itself)  and see if you can get rid of those calls to empty_8042
> >or otherwise screw around in there so that it doesn't wait forever to
> >empty the controller's buffers.
hrm... the box has a keyboard on it...

> >1) Compile the kernel, optimized for P-MMX, on another box (PII-350 Deschutes)
> >   using gcc 2.95.4
> 
> Have you tried building for a generic i386 target processor?
Not yet... will try...

> >2) Recompile bzImage
> >3) Recompile bzImage
> 
> Well, if it didn't work the first time....   :)
> 
> >4) Remove framebuffer support.  Remove vid mode selection support.  Optimize
> >   for Pentium-Classic.  Recompile with everything else the same
> >5) Recompile on target box (gcc 2.95.4 also) with options the same as after #4
> 
> I'm inclined to think none of this ha anything to do with it, because
> the kernel in which all of these items reside is never booting up...
> 
> My problem persisted despite my building a buck-naked 2.4.18 kernel.
> It had no ANYTHING in it (not even module support) and was just 250K.
> The results were the same.
> 
> I'm betting on a problem with the boot loader or bios incompatibility.
> My machine has a PhoenixBios (4.06 I think-- I'll check tomorrow).
> What does your machine have?
Award BIOS (don't know the version offhand)  I'm using grub 0.91-2...

> Regards,
> Cengiz

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