Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: Reboots immediately at bootup | Date | Thu, 24 Jul 1997 10:58:29 +1000 |
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On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:05:11 +0100 (BST), Ian Whalley <ian@sophos.com> wrote: >I have a problem I've never experienced before -- a whole batch of >new computers we've just put together all exhibit the same problem >when attempting to install Linux. I boot from a bootdisk [!], and >at some point in the startup process, the system is hard rebooted. >I can't see how far it gets in the boot process, because it's >too quick!
Compile the kernel with a serial console, run a cable from COMn to another machine and capture the boot log there. At least you can see where it gets to.
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