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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 00:28:21 +0200
From: Lars Ellenberg <l.g.e@web.de>
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Subject: Re: epox 4g4a+ (i845g and hpt372) with kernel 2.4.x: Ok, now booting the kernel. hangs.
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 05:46:30PM +0200, Justin Heesemann wrote:
> Ok. Whenever i try to boot a 2.4 Kernel (i tried the ones provided by the 
> Debian 3.0 boot cd, Knoppix boot cd and a p4 optimized gentoo kernel) It gets 
> as far as:
> 
> Loading kernel..................
> Loading 
> rescue.gz.......................................................................
> ready.
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, now booting the kernel.
> 
> Then it hangs.
> Is there a way to get more information what exactly it is doing before it 
> hangs ?
dunno. but:

Had a similar problem once, though on different hardware.
adding a mem=<some good amount less than you actually have>
did the trick. after bios update, I could leave it off again.
 (I think mem=480 could do in your case) 

just a thought...

	lge

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