Bug 88548
| Summary: | 2.4.20-8 fails to boot under LinuxBIOS; 2.4.20 from kernel.org works fine | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | ron minnich <rminnich> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Arjan van de Ven <arjanv> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 9 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2003-04-11 13:19:26 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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yes the GDT layout changed for NPTL. LinuxBIOS ought to be able to cope with GDT layouts of all kinds.... |
Description of problem: The redhat version of linux (2.4.20-8) can not boot under LinuxBIOS Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.20-8 How reproducible: Build a linx kernel; load onto disk; try to boot it from a system running LinuxBIOS Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Kenrel fails to boot Expected results: Kernel boots. 2.4.20 from Kernel.org works fine here at LANL and has for months. Redhat changed the GDT layout in 2.4.20-8 and it will not boot under linuxbios. Additional info: