[Coco] Linux system crash

[David Hazelton]

Dave Kelly wrote:
> I have a linux Mandrake 8.2 system that crashed on me. Its a hardware 
> problem.
> 
> One morning I turn on my system and the monitor would not come on.
> Turned everything off and back on and the monitor worked.
> 
> Week later same senerio. Ran for 2 weeks.
> 
> Same senerio, except it was off for several days. Then worked.
> 
> This went of for 2 months. Every once in a while I would get it to come on.
> 
> Changed out the  video card, not the problem.
> 
> Changed out the motherboard. Not the problem. Still doesn't work.
> 
> Change out the harddrive. Bios menu displays on the screen. Answer some 
> questions and system error displays.
> 
> Try another harddrive that my son-in-law had that had the boot sector 
> for 'tivo' on it.  ( Tivo uses linux OS )  Asks for partition 
> requirements. Since I did not know what I wanted, shut everything down 
> until I could read some HOWTOs on the subject.
> 
> Back at home. Allow default partitions and what appeared to be an 
> install of Mandrake. Turn off machine and reboot. System error.
> 
> Download a recovery file that will work without any windows applications 
> on the system.  RIP
> 
> Have my other son-in-law burn a CD.
> Set bios so that 1st, 2nd, and 3rd boot device is CD-ROM.
> Boot system error.
> 
> Two weeks later.
> 
> Turn machine on with CD in drive. The blue screen that ask if you want 
> to boot from 'linux', 'fail-safe', 'floppy' comes up the 4 seconds tick 
> by and the welcome in several languages displays.
> 
> And at the bottom:
> Error could not find module  Try sending options init= to kernel
> 
> And thats where it stands at present.
> 
> I did notice that the harddrive and CD drive are both recognized.
> and if this means anything
>         SRAM TO DRAM 0  (that don't look right but it what I remember)
>        
> I can furnish more information if you will tell me what.
> Anybody got any ideas what else I should do.
> Dave
>        
> 
Dave~

	Without dealing with the OS problems, I have seen Power supplies cause 
similar problems.  So if you haven't found the hardware problem try 
swapping out Power supply.

	I run Mandrake 8.2 and 9.2 here at home, but have had no problems that 
"RESCUE" did not fix.  (UPS blew, Mandrake didn't like it)

I have screwed up a 9.1 system that I just re-ran install and told it to 
  upgrade system, that put it back in a stable environment. I later 
upgraded it to 9.2 where it sits now.


Hope this helped some~

Good luck

David Hazelton