Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: NO ROM BASIC | Date | 5 Dec 1998 07:45:41 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.SGI.3.96A.981204130939.27049B-100000@umbc7.umbc.edu> By author: Josh Newton <jnewto4@umbc.edu> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Konstantyn Prokopenko wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I'm new in Linux and I've got a problem compiling a kernel. > > I have dual PENTIUM II motherboard with 128 Mb memory runing Red Hat > > Linux. I compiled the 2.1.128 Linux kernel using: > > > > make config > > make dep > > make bzImage > > make install > > > > > > Then I rebooted. When it starts, it goes to 40 column mode and > > says "NO ROM BASIC" > > This is evidence of a _really_ serious crash; the last time I saw > this error message was about 6 years ago on a 386 when a DOS program > crashed hard. All I can tell you is to try make config; make dep; make > clean; make zImage. Then install the new kernel by hand (if you're using a > boot loader). > Make sure you do a make clean in there; this may be the result of > a previous incomplete compile. >
Not necessarily; it is evidence that the bootup is screwed. Odds are that his LILO configuration is somehow wedged.
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