Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:08:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:08:38 -0400 Received: from [213.96.124.18] ([213.96.124.18]:34796 "HELO dardhal") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:08:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 00:07:21 +0000 From: =?us-ascii?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Domingo_L=F3pez?= To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.2.19 hangs just before "Uncompressing Linux" Message-ID: <20010405000721.B338@dardhal.mired.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi kernel gurus & testers: When booting from my recently compiled Linux kernel version 2.2.19, about 90-95% of times the system hangs just after printing: Loading nameofimage......... And doesn't get to the point where the kernel uncompresses (that is, no Uncompressing message). However, booting the same kernel from floppy is OK and works 100% of times (the same applies for other kernel versions). With 2.2.18 I've been experiencing the same behavior, but with this version instead of hanging, the machine reboots itself, and "only" about 50% of times. Also I discovered that pressing some keybpard keys while the kernel is being loaded makes it more probable to get a succesful boot. With kernel version 2.2.17-idepci as shipped on Debian Potato, I've never experienced any kind of problems. Searching through the mailing list archives I've seen comments about a possible defective RAM causing this problem. However, the system never hung up once it is up un runnig, and this machine is nearly always using all of my RAM and working at high workloads. Information about related important hardware and software follows: Debian Woody with gcc 2.95.3-5 cat /proc/cpuinfo (166 MHz Pentium @ 166 MHz) ----------------- processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 5 model : 2 model name : Pentium 75 - 200 stepping : 12 cpu MHz : 165.793 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : yes coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 bogomips : 330.95 cat /proc/pci ------------- 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev 03) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 01) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] (prog-if 80 [Master]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 I/O ports at f000 dmesg ----- Linux version 2.2.19 (root@dardhal) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010219 (prerelease)) #1 s?b mar 31 23:19:47 UTC 2001 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 @ 00000000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 00000400 @ 0009fc00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 03f00000 @ 00100000 (usable) Detected 165793 kHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 330.95 BogoMIPS Memory: 63380k/65536k available (832k kernel code, 416k reserved, 864k data, 44k init) Dentry hash table entries: 8192 (order 4, 64k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order 6, 256k) Page cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k) VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized CPU: Intel Pentium 75 - 200 stepping 0c Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb230 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 65536 bhash 65536) Initializing RT netlink socket Starting kswapd v 1.5 Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio hda: QUANTUM BIGFOOT2550A, ATA DISK drive hdb: CDA46803I, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: QUANTUM BIGFOOT2550A, 2457MB w/87kB Cache, CHS=624/128/63, DMA hdb: ATAPI 4X CD-ROM drive, 240kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 > -- Jos? 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