On 12 Dec 2001 22:04:03 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> function does work as advertised, but since my system, is running with a >> commodity bios, my setup, gets locked in a kernel panic, and I have to >> reset the system, I do not think I am getting anywhere. This does not >> mean I shall be discouraged. Just that I'd like to take this concept >> onto a matching Linux BIOS configured motherboard. It is wearing a 430FX >> based motherboard, with a Pentium, if that is any help. > >Hmm. I am distured that you have issues. And that Rich has issues. >I will export the stability and apply ability of this shortly. I am
Gregg, I missed in your (off-list) e-mail that you were getting a kernel panic. Where exactly is the panic at? I was _not_ using LinuxBios at the time I set up the kexec stuff because LB didn't have general purpose 440bx support back then. I was using a semi-commodity BIOS designed for embedded systems. I also was kexecing a 2.2.19 kernel rather than another 2.4.x. My problem was that if I used any version of mkelfImage other than v1.0 to build the kexeced kernel image it would some how corrupt the initrd when it loaded it. As long as I stuck to v1.0 it worked great. Then the project died so I never investigated it any further. -- Richard A. Smith Bitworks, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 501.846.5777 Sr. Design Engineer http://www.bitworks.com
