Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Jul 1999 16:15:47 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: GPF, Oops on system halt |
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Hi Steve.
>> After installing Redhat 6.0 on two brand-new workstations with >> identical hardware (single AMD K6-2 450, 6G HDD, 128 MB SDRAM, >> AOpen 100MHz AGP ATX motherboard), they both exhibited the same >> problem when shutting down the system to move them. Repeated >> tests under various BIOS settings have shown the same error.
>> > The system is halted. >> > Stopping all md devices. >> > Power down. >> > general protection fault: f000 >> > CPU: 0 >> > EIP: 0050:[<000089c5>] >> > EFLAGS: 00010046
> I'm guessing that it's a buggy BIOS APM implementation, as the > EIP value isn't in the kernel (I'm guessing it's in the BIOS, I > don't know much about these things); either that or we have > buggy power down code -- I suspect the former as I recall seeing > stuff on l-k about this before -- try a search of the archives.
I'm wondering if the above is a processor-specific bug...
I have two systems with IDENTICAL motherboards, hard drives, etc, which differ ONLY in the processor - one has an Intel P266, the other an AMD K6-2/350, and the latter is showing this problem where the former isn't - and the CMOS settings are identical in all other respects...
Don't ask me what's going on, but I have to suspect something here...
Best wishes from Riley.
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