Bug 55144

Summary:	7.2 crashes booting on Athlon
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <warnerm>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2001-10-26 09:03:27 UTC

Description of Problem:

Fresh Install on Athlon-based system causes kernel panics on every boot. 
Reinstalled fresh--twice.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

7.2

How Reproducible:

Every time, every boot.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install
2. Boot
3. 

Actual Results:
Crash

Expected Results:
Success


Additional Information:
Azza KT3-AS MB
Athlon 1.4
768MB ram
NVidai MX 200 32MB

This system is successfully running Slack8/Mdk81/Deb2.2r3/Rhat7.1. No 
other install has every provoked a kernel panic. My guess is that the 
install loaded an "Athlon Optimized" kernel and those just don't work. I 
have been emailed by other Athlon users experiencing the same thing.

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-10-26 09:15:37 UTC

Yes it's the known problem with some athlon boards;
please add the "noathlon" option on the kernel commandline
("linux noathlon" in lilo, in grub type "e" go the the second entry, edit that
and add noathlon at the end)

Comment 2 Arjan van de Ven 2001-11-04 22:16:06 UTC

See also bug 55040 for more info

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55040 ***