Subject: Re: Checking 'hlt' instruction
From: Jeremy Hodder (asjdh26@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 01:28:00 AKST
that was it. thank you. Now i gut need to deside if i want rh 5.1 (i got the
cd) or find some thing newer.
Jeremy
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Madden <pabi@gci.net>
To: Jeremy Hodder <asjdh26@yahoo.com>
Cc: <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: Checking 'hlt' instruction
> Jeremy Hodder wrote:
> >
> > I've tried 3 different distributions and they all stoped, or kernel
paniced at Checking 'hlt' instruction... any ideas what wold cause this to
happens. Memtest works and returns no errors.
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> > If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the
computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per
gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
> > Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
>
> I found this reference to 'hlt', no idea if it applies in your case and
> use at your own risk.. :)
>
> From
> :http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-tm4000m/general-install.html
>
> A simple workaround is to add a "no-hlt" option to the LILO boot command
> line, and later add it to the /etc/lilo.conf
> file like in the following entry :
>
> # Linux standard bootable partition config begins
> image = /vmlinuz
> root = /dev/hda2
> label = Linux
> append = "no-hlt"
> # Linux standard bootable partition config ends
>
> --
> Greg Madden
> Precision Air Balance, Inc.
> email:pabi@gci.net
> Phone:(907)276-0461 Fax:(907)258-0461
_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2a23 : Wed Jan 23 2002 - 01:26:13 AKST