Thanks Glen;
I'll him run the memory checker from freshmeat. The symptoms you hard
are what he is seeing. We found the if you let the box set long enough,
it will boot back up, without reinstalling Linux. So it looks like the
memory may be where the problem is at.
Thanks again for you help.
Mike M.
Glen wrote:
>
> Everything on that computer is supported fully, no question. The RAM check is
> where I'd start. I had similar problems a while ago in that my computer would
> boot, but only if it were totally cold. A 'shutdown -r now' yielded an
> unbootable box. A friend gave me 2 256M ECC SDRAM sticks, and now all is
> well. It was the memory, after all.
>
> On a totally unrelated note:
> The slockets came. They're both defective !!! If you lock the ZIF sockets
> down, the pinholes completely close over the contacts and slide over the
> edges of the undercarriage - enough that if I were to close them with a
> processor in them, they would *shear off the pins*. Still looking for a
> source for good FCPGA slockets -- *sigh*. Brand name slockets are almost
> impossible to find now. A real shame 'cuz these are very solid, cleanly made
> parts.
>
> Glen
>
>
> On Monday 31 December 2001 10:42, you wrote:
> > Glen;
> > Bios: Award date 10/15/99 ver 4.51PG
> > Processor AMD-K6 3D processor
> > Creative Sound Blaster 16 plug and play
> > Realtek RTL8029 PCI Ethernet NIC
> > Trident Blade 3D PCI/AGP (v6.50.5452-46ICD
> > VIA bus master PCI IDE controller (primary and secondary)
> > Fixed disk 1 IBM 2 Gig
> > Fixed disk 2 western digital 20 Gig
> > CD-Rom 1 Memorex CRW-1622
> > CD-Rom 2 Memorex 40X cdrom
> > monitor Samsung SyncMaster 17GLi
> >
> > Let me know if I'm missing something here.
> > Thanks
> > Mike M.
> >
> > Glen wrote:
> > > What's the system info - chipsets, processors, drives, etc - now's a good
> > > time to show him what kind of *support* we have!
> > >
> > > Glen
> > >
> > > On Saturday 29 December 2001 08:36, you wrote:
> > > > After months of telling my Son how wonderful Linux is. He finally asked
> > > > me to help him install it. We attempted to install it on his machine,
> > > > yesterday. And know he thinks his Dad is crazy :(
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