>I've compiled kernel 2.4.3 on the following RH7 system, and I'm now getting
>random crashes at boot, during IO-APIC initialisation. Random meaning that
>sometimes it boots fine, other times it doesn't, and it hangs in different
>places (but always around IO-APIC stuff). It almost always hangs after a
>cold boot - if I do a Ctrl+Alt+Del then it will usually boot up OK.
>
>System: Asus CUV4X-D motherboard, Dual P3 800EB.
>...
>Any ideas?
Boot with "nmi_watchdog=0" as a boot parameter. Does it work now?
Some people have reported before here that the IO-APIC driven NMI
watchdog itself can cause boot-time hangs.
/Mikael
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