Checking 'hlt' instruction - failed (MORE)

[GianPiero Puccioni]

hi,

A few days ago I sent this message,
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I am installing Fedora on ten similar machines (dual Pentium III) and on
three of them the installation stopped at "checking 'hlt' instruction"
and I have to switch off the machine. Using the "no-hlt" instruction,
both during install and added to grub I was able to install and run
Linux, but I am worried, what does it mean? And is this a symptom of
something nasty in one of the CPU? 
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But nobody answered (sigh!) now I have something more to ask.

The machines installed are now twelve and on four of them I had to use
the no-hlt instruction. The problem is that two of the "no-hlt"ed ones
after a couple of days stop and I cannot find what happened. It seems to
be repeatable. So, again, what exactly is this "checking 'hlt'
instruction" and what means when installation stops there, is it a
symptom of something nasty in one of the CPU? Could be that what happens
is not connected to the no-hlt (I suppose it could be even if the odds
are quite low). Generally speaking is there anything to do about this?
besides changing CPUs.

Any help?


Thanks,
    GianPiero