[lug] Etch AMD kernels not working

[Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David L. Anselmi" <anselmi at anselmi.us>
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008 9:19 pm
Subject: Re: [lug] Etch AMD kernels not working

> Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov wrote:
> [...]
> > With the SMP k7 machine there are no error messages.  It just 
> stops.  A
> > common place to stop was just after a FATAL message about a 
> thermal(?)> and fan module.  I get these same messages with every 
> Etch machine I
> > have.  Otherwise it would stop in seemingly random places.  After 
> eth0> one time, after drive information another.  Sometimes after a 
> "File> system is clean" message.  Just different places.
> 
> I think the file system is checked after the kernel is booted.
> 
> So maybe there's a kernel module loading that doesn't work anymore. 
> You can look in /etc/modules.

Nice suggestion.  I just logged into that machine and there are a couple
there that I believe were associated with hangs on boot.  I'll try it
again first thing Monday and report back.

Gary