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suse
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 Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:13 am Post subject: Boot, screen flash and reboot itself [SOLVED] |
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reboot immediately from grub:
| Code: | kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz
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Screen flash to white, then black with underbar cursor visible, then to BIOS startup screen and Grub comes up (again).
This is a Sony PCG-719 notebook. Boot using Knoopix becuase Gentoo LiveCD can't boot. From Knoppix I setting up partitions and then 'chroot ... ' and the rest.
According to cpuinfo, it has a 'Mobile Pentium MMX'. So I choose the 'Pentium-M' processor type.
Where to look?
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kernelsensei
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:17 am Post subject: |
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afaik Mobile Pentium MMX != Pentium-m
try to recompile your kernel with Pentium-MMX as Processor family
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suse
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, you are correct. I tried 'i586' last night and now it works!
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Jim6
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:37 am Post subject: |
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I'm having (what seems like) a very similar problem.
On boot, I get to the flashing underbar (which on my other system signifies that grub's loading) and then... nothing. The system just sits there with the bar flashing.
A similarity: I couldn't use the LiveCD either; my cd drive reads cd-r's very oddly; some work, and some don't. Hence, I installed using the "Alternate Install -> Knoppix" method from the docs page.
As to "cpuinfo", I don't seem to have this command  but that said, I'm quite sure that I've set the Processor type right (P-III) |
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kernelsensei
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:43 am Post subject: |
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cpuinfo isnt a command
in your case, try to disable acpi, apic or somewhat else (boot options : acpi=off , noapic ,...)
more informations in your : /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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Jim6
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Nope; I re-read the docs and realised I hadn't run grub-install 
'tis working a bit more now... :p Thanks anyway! |
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| Jim6 wrote: | Nope; I re-read the docs and realised I hadn't run grub-install
'tis working a bit more now... :p Thanks anyway! |
you're welcome 
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