mpeters@ittc.ukans.edu
-shyam pather
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Shyamalan Pather
Information and Telecommunication Technology Center
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
spather@ittc.ukans.edu
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" --Albert Einstein
On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Irio Lavagno wrote:
> Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, but I already tried all I could think of
> with no result.
> I have a brand new Triton II TX motherboard and linux doesn't want to
> boot on it, it starts booting,
> recognizes the PCI chipsets, calculates the delay loops, starts the
> kernel threads (kswapd and bdflus)
> checks the parallel, checks the serials and reboots.
> I tried with 2.0.27, 2.0.30 and 2.1.56 (which explicitly says it
> supports TX chipset), same result.
> I tried with different processors (P133, P150 and K6/233).
> Of course I'm not asking you to fix this problem, even if you had time
> to do this I am not able to give you enough informations on the problem
> itself.
> I just want to ask if there is a kernel debugger I can get somewhere
> which would allow me to track the boot
> and see exactly where is the problem.
> I have the feeling it's in kswapd, but I can't trace it so I can't be
> sure.
> I'm in contact with the board maker, but again, if I can't find out
> where exactly is the problem they can't
> help me much.
> So, if you can just tell me where I can get a kernel debugger, or
> suggest me a way to track the error down
> maybe you will save me from having to buy another motherboard.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance
>
> Irio Lavagno
>
> email: irio.lavagno@torino.alpcom.it
>