[CentOS] Issue with Cent OS 5.5 x64 on AMD machine

Thu Jul 19 12:00:05 UTC 2012
mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

On 07/19/12 07:47, James Hogarth wrote:
>> Cent OS 5.5 x64 does not boot on certain AMD-based servers. Following error
>> is displayed:
>>
>> Code: 8b 72 40 48 8d 4c 24 1c 48 8b 7a 20 ba c4 01 00 00 e8 5f 77
>> RIP [<ffffffff8008192f>] cpuid4_cache_lookup+0x256/0x356
>> RSP<ffff810104737d60>
>> CR2: 000000000040
>> <0>Kernel panic -- not syncing: Fatal exception
>> This issue was noticed on Dell PowerEdge R715 with AMD Opteron 12-core
>> processor. Is there any kernel specific patch which addresses this issue?
>
> Have you tried installing the most recent release (5.8 or 6.3
> depending on your requirements)?
>
> 5.5 is pretty ancient and only the current code is supported for a
> given major revision number (ie CentOS5 or CentOS6 at this time given
> that CentOS5 is now end of life).

I have CentOS - it's probably 6.2 - running fine on a Dell R715 right now.

	mark

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