[CentOS] Re: Kernel panic from install CD
Scott Silva
ssilva at sgvwater.com
Thu Jun 26 23:21:59 UTC 2008
on 6-26-2008 10:54 AM Robert Moskowitz spake the following:
> Scott Silva wrote:
>> on 6-26-2008 7:16 AM Robert Moskowitz spake the following:
>>> Ralph Angenendt wrote:
>>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a bunch of DecTOPs. Use the AMD Geode chip.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday I upgraded one of them, and got the dreaded Kernel
>>>>> panic. Something about powernowk8. I could boot up with the old
>>>>> kernel, though.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Read the Release Notes.
>>>>
>>> Now I have to find them again... ;)'
>>>>> I know I have to put in a bug report on this, will do shortly, but
>>>>> first wanted to try a fresh install on another DecTOP. At the
>>>>> prompt, I specified: linux askmethod
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That already happened:
>>>>
>>>> <http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2912> (and there is a link to the
>>>> upstream bug there).
>>> I just added my comment.
>> Has anyone tried the 2.6.18-92.1.6 kernel released today to see if
>> this problem went away?
> This is an open bug at Redhat. Originally they said, 'gee we will fix
> this for 5.3'. Tim Verhoeven pointed out that would leave all of us
> with this problem back at the 5.1 kernel and no security patches until
> 5.3. I pointed out that you cannot even do a fresh install of 5.2 on
> such a server. Hopefully, they will get the message and fix this.
I just wondered if a 5.1 install with this latest kernel as an update and
reboot. If the problem goes away then you could install with a 5.1 netboot cd.
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