Re: 2.4 freezes on init

Alan Cox
2001-08-02T12:32:04Z

> However, I believe the kernel image that Mandrake 8's installer uses is
> a 2.4 kernel, yet that works fine. Is this a configuration setting I
> need to toggle, or am I stuck until I switch motherboard?

In the Red Hat case we have seen cases where the installer kernel worked and
not much else did. Install kernels are generally built with the very minimum
of reliance on bios features and for 386.

Typically that means they don't enable common problem items like APM, ACPI
and Athlon optimisation in conjunction with VIA chipsets.

Alan