On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 12:52:35PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 07:31:30PM +0200, Bostjan Muller wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have just found out that kernel 2.4.6 won't boot on my pentium 200 MMX > > machine. The same has allready happened with kernel 2.4.6-pre8, but I > > thought > > it will be fixed later when stable release comes out. The same kernel boots > > just ok on my toshiba p75 laptop. Has anyone had any experience like that? > > The boot stops after this line: > > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > > > > and than it just stands there doing nothing and does not go on... > > > > Has anyone experienced this? This is the first time it has happened to me > > (on > > this point). Kernel 2.4.5 however boots ok (but has many bugs which are > > fixed > > in 2.4.6). > > > > Maybe someone on the list has seen "FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077" before > and knows what to do. I did a quick search of the archives and on the > web. Couldn't find anything definitive. Just to make sure you did edit > /etc/lilo.conf to reflect your new kernel configuration and run > /sbin/lilo didn't you? What messages surround the line "FDC 0 is a > post-1991 82077"?
Now that was stupid on my part of course you have run /sbin/lilo. The kernel boots after all, just not all the way. At any rate I looked and I have the same line in my dmesg and my 2.4.4 is booting fine. FWIW - Partition check: hde: hde1 hde2 < hde5 hde6 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 Serial driver version 5.05a (2001-03-20) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke