[lug] debian with 2.4 kernel

[Hugh Brown]

On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 22:47, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:34:49PM -0400, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 20:23, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > > I downloaded all 7 cd's.  I chose the bf2.4 install image and when I got
> > > to the "would you like to make a boot disk" the system locked up. 
> > > Doesn't respond to keyboard, had to hard power off.  I tried booting
> > > into single user mode and it still locked up.
> > 
> > 
> > I did some more searching on the web and found that APIC support is to
> > blame.   I tried booting with noapic on the kernel line.  Is there a way
> > to disable it so that I can boot to 2.4, rebuild the kernel w/o having
> > it crash?
> > 
> 
> I don't know the answer to the question that you ask, but...
> 
> On the seven cds, there are different kernels. try another cd for the 
> initial boot. one of the others may work better for booting into the
> install. and if so, be sure to go back to cd #1 when you are asked to
> do so. only cd#1 has the main library of required binaries.
> 
> HTH


I found 2.4.18-686, 2.4.16-686 and tried them both and it didn't work. 
I also tried compiling one from the 2.4.18 kernel-source package and
turned off SMP and APIC, but I still get system freezes.

Any more ideas?

Hugh