From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:00:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:00:36 -0500 Received: from [64.64.109.142] ([64.64.109.142]:19218 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:00:16 -0500 Message-ID: <3A6F5050.8627570C@didntduck.org> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:59:44 -0500 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jie Zhou CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: question about compiling the kernel In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jie Zhou wrote: > > > 3. After I run the /sbin/lilo, it says the new kernel is added to the > > > system. HOwever when I restart the system and go into the labeled kernel > > > I choose, the system gets stucked after these two lines: > > > Loading kernel....................... > > > Uncompressing Linux...OK, booting the kernel. > > > > > > Can you give me some advice on this. Thanks a lot for your kind reply.. > > > > Make certain you compiled the kernel for the proper CPU type (ie. don't > > try to run a Pentium II kernel on a 486) > > Thank you very much. My computer is a Pentium machine, should be able to > run any kernel. :-( Not true. If you compile the kernel for a Pentium Pro or higher cpu, GCC will include some instructions (cmovxx in particular) that do not exist on earlier processors. Since the fault handlers are not set up yet when booting the kernel, this results in a silent crash. -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/