ss20 boot problems - 2.4.19

ruairi_tokyo · n00b Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 9

After install - from stage 1 ...seemed fine but on boot I get

Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0 File and args:
SILO boot:
Uncompressing image...
PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5
bootmem_init: Scan sp_banks, init_bootmem(spfn[229],bpfn[229],mlpfn[b000])
free_bootmem: base[0] size[9000000]
free_bootmem: base[a000000] size[1000000]
reserve_bootmem: base[0] size[229000]
reserve_bootmem: base[229000] size[1600]
Booting Linux...

Watchdog Reset
Type help for more information

BTW Suse 7.1 boots fine with a 2.2 kernel

Thanks
Ruairi

ruairi_tokyo · n00b Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 9

I'm replying to myself in case anyone else runs into this problem...after much googling etc..it appears the problem was introduced in the 2.4.0-test5 kernel and repaired in the much later versions... This I haven't confirmed personally....

Another thread added that only gcc 2.92 could compile the kernel correctly to overcome this problem.

So, I compiled 2.4.19 on a Suse 7.1 distro with gcc 2.92 and I am now booting .... :-)