Re: [Bug 538] New: Rebooting of pentium-I during initial booting phase.

On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:55:34 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:
>http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538
>
>           Summary: Rebooting of pentium-I during initial booting phase.
>    Kernel Version: 2.5.65 (probably most versions of 2.5.x)
>            Status: NEW
>          Severity: normal
>             Owner: [e-mail]
>         Submitter: [e-mail]
>
>
>Distribution: linus kernel 2.5.65 (probably 2.5.x)
>
>Hardware Environment: 
>Pentium - I (120 MHz) with FO-OF Bug
>Motherboard Via - With DMA Problem ("nodma" option required in 2.4.x kernels)
>16mb RAM (EDO)
>
>Software Environment:
>Linus kernel 2.5.65
>
>Problem Description:
>The new kernel 2.5.65 reboots while booting process (in the very initial phase) making even noting the progress very difficult.
>The system is running fine with 2.4.21-pre5, with the option "nodma".

Most probably a configuration error, viz. choosing a CPU type
higher than generic 586. My Socket7 ASUS T2P4 with a Pentium
Classic (pre-MMX) 133MHz boots 2.5.66 just fine.

/Mikael