Bug 32532 - Dell c600, rawhide 20010320, /sbin/loader freeze
Summary: Dell c600, rawhide 20010320, /sbin/loader freeze
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-03-21 15:08 UTC by David Sainty
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:32 UTC (History)
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2003-06-09 15:20:29 UTC
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lspci -v from installed rawhide 20010321 (3.63 KB, text/plain)
2001-03-21 17:41 UTC, David Sainty 		no flags Details
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Description David Sainty 2001-03-21 15:08:51 UTC 
Tried installing rawhide 20010320 on new Dell Latitude c600 notebook. 
Freeze when /sbin/loader starts.  SysRq also does not respond;  hitting
power button does turn notebook off.

After further investigation, I discovered it only happens under certain
circumstances....    If I boot the machine (into Windoze or Linux off
20010320 netboot floppy), and for example, obtain a DHCP lease, then warm
boot the machine, /sbin/loader will freeze.  The freeze only occurs when
there is "activity" on the in-built 3Com network, followed by a warm boot.

The c600 notebook has a "3Com 3CN3ACx556 LAN/modem" installed. lspci -v is
attached.
Comment 1 David Sainty 2001-03-21 17:41:14 UTC 
Created attachment 13263 [details]
lspci -v from installed rawhide 20010321
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2001-03-21 17:49:52 UTC 
Is 'PnP OS' (or something similar) set in the BIOS?
Comment 3 David Sainty 2001-03-21 19:27:18 UTC 
BTW, if I do DHCP with my bootnet image, then restart and load the already
existing Linux installation, it freezes at USB....

I can't find any such option in the BIOS otherwise I would have probably already
tried this. :-(
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