Subject: Re: how to debug the kernel during boot
To: John Refling <johnr@imageworks.com>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/08/1999 10:47:10
> The 1.4 and 1.4.1 kernels fail to get past the
> lpt1 probe on my laptop (the 1.4 and 1.4.1 boot
> floppies work OK, as did 1.3.x).  How would I
> determine where the problem is?

Build a kernel with options DDB, and boot with the -d option, which
will drop you into the kernel debugger early in the boot process
(before autoconfig starts running).

Then set breakpoints in interesting places, continue and see how far
you get.

					- Bill