On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Steve Gaarder wrote: > I am installing Debian 1.1.1 on a generic clone with an AMD 486 on an > Opti-based motherboard. If I have the internal cache enabled in setup, > I get the error "invalid compressed format" after the "uncompressing > Linux" message. If I disable the cache, it boots fine. It boots ok > from the hard drive either way. Anyone know what is going on?
I don't see how this could happen with an L1 cache (internal), but it could with an L2 (external). Were you perhaps enabling and disabling the external? Try to enable it but make the timings more conservative. You're probably seeing hardware problems; your L2 cache is being addressed too quickly. Guy