From: jpo@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Joerg Pommnitz) Subject: Re: Oh oh, problem with .96 bootimage Date: 14 May 1992 06:50:55 GMT
"Scott R. Grabowski" <sg2j+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>Hi all,
>Well, since I am going on summer break tomorrow, I decided to grab the
>.96 bootimage (from tsx-11) ASAP. So I anxiously copied over the
>bootimage, and rebooted my machine. Unfortunately, the .96 bootimage
>caused my machine to reboot. I had no problem with the pre-.96 version,
>so it must be something new that Linus added.
>It reboots after telling me that I have 8 virtual ttys (or whatever the
>line is). I am guessing here that the problem is in the autodetect of
>the SCSI card. I do not have any drives that Linux recognizes (since I
>have an (actually, 2) 8 bit controllers for my MFM and RLL drives).
>Will the autodetect of SCSI hang if there are no hard drive cards
>available? Just a thought. I don't have the source, so I can't go
>trudging through it to find the problem.
>So, I guess that it is back to the pre-.96 kernel for now (and probably
>the summer, since I don't have FTP :-( )
>Just thought that I would let you know. And, I'm open to suggestions
>until around 1PM or so tomorrow (DST, USA).
>AdvaThanksnce,
>-Scott
>PS - Thanks again Linus, this is the first problem that I've had with
>Linux so far (except for my hard drive problem, which is the fault of my
>soon to be replaced hardware 8-)
>Scott Grabowski + "I don't pretend to understand women's
>sg2j@andrew.cmu.edu + little quirks, just one thing I know for
>Physics is Phun! + sure, chicks dig jerks." - great song!
This seems to be a general problem, because my machine shows the same
results.
I have uploadet the 0.96 sources from banjo and compiled it (no problems).
In his 0.96 announcement Linus says you " have to recompile the kernel with the
appropriate changes to config.h. ".
I wasn't able to figure out the settings to prevent any SCSI stuff
from my kernel. Any idea ?