From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:22:30 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: 2.5.46-mm1 In-Reply-To: <3DCA9F50.1A9E5EC5@digeo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Andrew Morton Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , lkml , linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Andrew Morton wrote: > "Martin J. Bligh" wrote: > > > > > For what it's worth, the last mm kernel which booted on my old P-II IDE > > > test machine was 44-mm2. With 44-mm6 and this one I get an oops on boot. > > > Unfortunately it isn't written to disk, scrolls off the console, and > > > leaves the machine totally dead to anything less than a reset. I will try > > > > Any chance of setting up a serial console? They're very handy for > > things like this ... > > > > "vga=extended" gets you 50 rows, which is usually enough. Doesn't seem to do anything, nor does vga=773 which I remember from the days of using VESA modes. Serial is definitely the one of choice, this video card is not cooperating. I'll bring a cable from the office Monday. Stock 2.5.46 does the same thing, but so did 44 and 44-ac? is running happily. I'll look. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/