Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:45:48 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: 2.4.14 reboot on/before boot | From | "John Madden" <> |
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>> Two machines, identical hardware (Dell 2450's, Dual PIII/667, 1gig >> ram). One one, 2.4.14 boots and runs nicely, as one would expect. On >> the other, "as close to exact as I can imagine" compile configs, the >> machine reboots just after LILO's "Loading Linux..." Same version of >> LILO on both as well. >> >> Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on a fix? > > Check they are the same BIOS. If so run memtest86 across them. The Lilo > load/unpack might be enough to stress memory and find real faults
Checked the BIOS versions and memtested the 'bad' machine, versions match, no bad memory found.
I tried upgrading on multiple machines, some others failed, some didn't. So far, two of our 2450's take 2.4.14 without issue and three don't.
Working: Dual PIII/667, 1gig, 3x18gb scsi, adaptec 7xxx Dual PIII/1000, 1gig, 4x18gb scsi, ami megaraid
Not working: Single PIII/667, 256mb, 2x18gb scsi, adaptec 7xxx 2 x (Dual PIII/667, 1gig, 3x18gb scsi, adaptec 7xxx)
All 5 machines have the same BIOS and 'backplane' rev.
In the 'not working' machines, all three do exactly the same thing: LILO -> "Loading Linux.." (or something similar, text that flashes very quickly) -> reboot. All of these boxes have and are running 2.2.19 without so much as a single crash (or any other issue, for that matter) since upgrading from 2.2.16. I can swallow one machine having a fluky RAM issue, but not three.
I'm strongly considering dropping back to 2.2.20...
Thanks, John
-- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech State College jmadden@ivy.tec.in.us
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