Re: 2.4.14 reboot on/before boot

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:31:52 +0000 (GMT)


> Two machines, identical hardware (Dell 2450's, Dual PIII/667, 1gig ram).
> One one, 2.4.14 boots and runs nicely, as one would expect. On the other,
> "as close to exact as I can imagine" compile configs, the machine reboots
> just after LILO's "Loading Linux..." Same version of LILO on both as well.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on a fix?

Check they are the same BIOS. If so run memtest86 across them. The Lilo
load/unpack might be enough to stress memory and find real faults
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