Cyrix 686
Roy P. Turner (roypt@atlantis.io.com)
Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:08:35 -0600
Just installed a Triton II motherboard with a Cyrix 686 P150+ into
a linux system. It boots fine, but hangs at 'VFS: Mounted root (ext2
filesystem) readonly'. I've tried booting off floppies with various
kernels as well, all with the same results. I'm really not sure if
it's a hardware problem, a BIOS setting, or a kernel problem. I've
seen reports on this list of similar problems with Cyrix 686's after
patching the kernel for special 686 optimizations, but i'm having this
problem running various custom and stock kernels, none with any
Cyrix patches. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd really appreciate
them. Thanks.
Roy