From: "Douglas J. Wiegley" <dw3x+@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: pl11 boot problems Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1993 02:16:57 -0400
Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.linux: 31-Jul-93 Re: pl11 boot problems by
yuan tzeng@mp.cs.niu.edu
> >i just compiled 0.99.11 with net-2 (wd80x3), and it won't load correctly.
> >it gets to something like:
> >"calculating timing delay..."
> >(or some such, it flashes by damn quick)
> >followed by a few more lines of text that fly by at an absolutely
> >unreadable pace, and then my screen turn orange and locks up. yes,
>
> I have very similar problem with 0.99p11+ALPHA kernel. The booting
> locks up at the "login: " prompt. I then have to hard boot
> the machine, let LILO boots up the machine again using the old
> kernel (0.99p10). Interestingly, if I now reboot the machine with
> new kernel, it is successfully booting up!! This game happens
> every other time, very fun. So far, the booting still occasionally
> locks up. Anyone also?
at least you're getting to the login prompt. my never even gets as far
as executing rc or rc.local.
d.