On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 02:08:52PM +0200, Jan Hudec wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 04:53:50PM +0530, Satya Prasad DV wrote: > > Thanks for the advice. > > Iam downloading the 2.4.9-34 rpms. > > By the way, should I use i586 or i686 RPM for P-III processor. > > I've already ran memtest-x86 but the tests were successful. > > Try to compile the kernel yourself. Kernel CPU options seem to claim 586 > and 686 is the same... and pentium-III is something else. The only difference between i686 and pentium-III is use of the prefetch() instruction. While this can be a benifit (and well, it is in specific kernel heavy loads) it should also not be overstated > > As far as OOPS output is concerned, there is a program called ksymoops > (probably it has a separate package). Pipe the OOPS output through this > program. if you're using the 2.4.9-34 kernel; please DON'T run it through ksymoops since the kernel will already spit out decoded information; in my experience ksymoops after a reboot just fucks that up ;( Greetings, Arjan van de Ven -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
