[CentOS] 194 Kernel Panic; 164 is Fine; How Do I Debug?

[MHR]

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:35 AM, John Thomas
<gmane-2006-04-16 at jt-socal.com> wrote:
> I have a machine that has worked fine for years on CentOS5.
> kernel-PAE-2.6.18-164.15.1.el5 is the last "works fine" kernel, but
> kernel-PAE-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 crashes at boot every time.
>
> I tried banging on the side of the monitor to no avail.
>
> All kidding aside, here are pictures of my monitor when booting 194 in
> case that is helpful.
> http://jt-socal.com/sites/jt-socal.com/files/kernel-panic.jpg
> http://jt-socal.com/sites/jt-socal.com/files/just-before-crashing.jpg
>
> Any suggestions on fixing this?
>

Let's see - you're running a Dell and the second photo is out of focus....

Sorry, I just couldn't resist.

I'm wondering if is has something to do with the PAE kernel vs. your
machine.  Can you elaborate on that at all?

mhr