jesq@coos.dartmouth.edu (Joseph Heye Killoran) writes:

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>nnhut@bnr.ca (Nhut Nguyen) writes:

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>>I have a 486 with 256K cache and had no problem with any version
>>of Linux, until I tried 0.97 today. 0.97 compiled OK but when I 
>>try to boot, it hangs just before printing out HD partitions data.
>>If I boot at lower speed (8 Mhz vs. 33 Mhz) then it comes up OK.

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>My 486/33 does exactly the same thing. ...
>boot at a lower speed, is that A BIOS option?  (Not that it
>would be a real solution anyway)

I had this problem when I omitted the SCSI code, a configuration that
had worked under previous releases.  With the SCSI code in, it works.
(Of course this could still be a timing problem, with something in the
SCSI code adding a bit of delay.)

A lot of systems have a button on the front that lets you slow the
machine down, for running things like games that have processor-
dependent timing loops.  It's often labelled the "turbo" button.  I
believe it would be possible to boot at 8 MHz and then go up to full
speed.