Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-xfs); Sat, 04 Jan 2003 03:46:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id h04BkM3v003228 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 03:46:24 -0800 Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Umow-0007ZX-00 for ; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 12:50:30 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18UNnJ-0007mH-00 for ; Fri, 03 Jan 2003 10:07:09 +0100 Path: wassern.consult-meyers.com!news From: "A. L. Meyers" Subject: Re: kernel panic with Debian sarge 2.4.18 SMP and xfs Date: 03 Jan 2003 10:06:48 +0100 Organization: Meyers Consulting http://www.consult-meyers.com Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030101163332.042137b0@pop.xs4all.nl> <4.3.2.7.2.20030102104717.03fe6e90@pop.xs4all.nl> Reply-To: "A. L. Meyers" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 X-archive-position: 2216 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: nospam.look@replyto.because.this.is.invalid.sgi.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-xfs Seth Mos writes: > At 22:24 1-1-2003 +0100, A. Lucien Meyers wrote: > >Followed all your suggestions but, alas, exactly the same result. > >Here is some of the relevant output during the boot process which > >results in having to press the reset button: > > > >FAT: bogus logical sector size 0 > >FAT: bogus logical sector size 0 > >invalid operand: 0000 > >CPU: > >EIP: > >EFLAGS: > >Process swapper > >Call trace: > >Code: > ><0> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > Did you try to use high optimizations for the compile? Just standard setting, O2. Do you suggest reducing this to 1 or 0? > Or did you compile a i586 kernel on a AMD K6 machine (which often fails). No. Compiled a 686 smp kernel. Have 2 Pentium Pro processors. > I suspect that either the following might be a problem: > - Buggy compiler (what are you using) Used gcc 2.95. Is 3.2 required? > - Compiling for the wrong architecture (what are you compiling for) What would you suggest? i386? > - Hardware problem (Failing fan, memory). Probably not, as the SuSE distrib boots from an xfs partition perfectly on another disk in the same system. Lucien -- If you receive this by error, please delete it and inform the sender. PGP key fingerprint=F1C0 D9AE 1B18 1405 4DFA B4CC 6DC7 FF78 C76E FB15 To Big Brother Echelon from "spook": Delta Force Sharon heroine FSF Serbian plutonium arrangements NORAD Nazi