[Gllug] processor problem

[itsbruce at uklinux.net]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 02:20:48PM +0000, david.crossland at talk21.com wrote:
>   enabling new style K6 write allocation for 128mb
>   CPU: L1 cache:32K (32bytes/line), D Cache:32K (32bytes/line)
>   CPU:AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c
>   checking 'hlt'instruction ...
> 
> At this point i the computer freezes and requires pressing the power
> button for an extended length of time to restart the computer.  This
> has never occured before and i have  previously installed other
> distros sucessfully (i have tested installing these other distros and
> have had the same error).  What i want to know is, does this suggest
> that my processor is malfunctioning and would i be advised to replace
> it?

Have you tried installing anything else, for comparison?  It's unlikely
to be a Linux problem but if you managed to install FreeBSD or Windows
then that would point the finger at Linux.  If you couldn't, then it
would tend to indicate a hardware problem.

-- 
Bruce

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