Re: crashed alpha, strange error message

* [email protected] <[email protected]> [021027 22:01]:
> kernel built from the suse 2.4.4 src, as i can't get 2.4.18 to run for
> more than a few days at a time. what's other peoples experience of
> different (recent-ish) kernels?

We've had a lot of network trouble, especially with SMP machines and
2.4.4, loopback device trouble, and a lot of other issues. I've also
uploaded a 2.4.19 kernel to ftp.suse.com/pub/people/stepan/kernel 
This one fixes the OSF binary compatibility which was broken with
the old 2.4.18 rpms. Kernels more recent than 2.4.7 come with a
completely different memory management subsystem so anything newer
should be a lot nicer to work with

> 1 why can't i get kernel console output on my serial connection with
> console=ttyS0 ?? SRM comes up nicely, as does getty once it gets there,
> but no kernel output.
> here's the whole boot string, hold on, it's pretty big, careful...!!!
> vmlinuz-2.4.4 ro root=/dev/md1 console=tty console=ttyS0 raid=noautodetect md=1,/dev/sdb5,/dev/sdc2,/dev/sdd2 md=0,/dev/sda2,/dev/sdb2 md=2,/dev/sda5,/dev/sdb4,/dev/sdc1,/dev/sdd1,/dev/sde1,/dev/sdf1,/dev/sdb6
> phew!
 
Ha! I had the same trouble recently. The order of the consoles matters.
The first one you specify is the "main console" which gets all the
kernel output and system startup messages. Try switching them around.

> > Where'd you leak that from? Last Alpha version was 7.1 ;)
> 
> sorry it's a 7.1, my mistake/wishful thinking.

Like it would be mine ;)

Best regards,
  Stefan 
  
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The x86 isn't all that complex - it just doesn't make a lot of
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	                          Microprocessor Report (1994)