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From: Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:19:11
Message-Id: 20121214181646.GL8486@server
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus by felix@crowfix.com
1 On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:18:21AM -0500, felix@×××××××.com wrote:
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3 > I will try some more desperate tricks today, like reconnecting the USB pile to see if it at least boots the disks again - is my choice between disks and keyboard? I will find out. My best guess right now is that booting 3.7.0 is what clobbered things; whether I added a option which loaded bad firmware, or 3.7.0 is broken, I have no idea. It could well be something unrelated to 3.7.0. My goal for today is to try to get keyboard and disk working, then boot with 3.6.8.
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5 Whatever you think of logic, it is entirely illogical that a kernel could kill
6 your BIOS, or any hardware ... at least, just booting into it.
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8 The southbridge is a good thing to look at, esp for a burned spot/pit.
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10 My suggestion is http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage
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12 Our Gentoo images have been broken lately, and are short on tools always.
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Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus felix@×××××××.com
Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>