On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > However, I just recompiled the 2.2.14 kernel (had to change gcc to gcc272 > > in 3 places in the Makefile), but it still hangs when I boot it. > > > > It hangs after: > > "Decompressing Linux. OK, now boot the kernel".
> Your compiler has nothing to do with it. I don't think downgrading to > 2.7.2 is a good move, since 2.95.2 is _MUCH_ better in many areas, > including optimization. 2.95.2 is not compatible with 2.0.x kernels. > 2.2.x are just fine. Seek for the problem somewhere else in the > kernel, for example, DMA support. Disable some hardware dependent > options in the kernel, recompile, and pinpoint the problem. Yes, that's pretty well my next step. Only one other thought that I have first. My root partition is 1023 cylinders for the well-known lilo/int13 issue. However, this cylinder numbering is the translated LBA stuff. Those 1023 cyls are actually more like 16,000 physical cylinders. I _assumed_ that the lilo/int13 issue would be OK with the BIOS/LBA view of the disk. Does anybody know for sure? It's possible that when I copied my old system to this new 27GB disk that the old kernel is under the physical 1024 cyls, but the newly compiled attempts would be beyond that. ...RickM...
