I downloaded the Live DVD for CentOS-6.5 and burned a DVD-R using a CentOS-6.5
desktop. To test the validity of the new DVD I then rebooted the same desktop
using the same Live DVD. No matter which Live DVD boot option I choose I see
this after the splash screen completes the Circle (sounds like a good title
for a novel).
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Kernel panic - Not syncing - Attempting to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 # 1
call trace
[<ffffffff815271fa>] ? Panic+0xa7/0x16f
[<ffffffff81077622>] ? do_exit+0x862/0x870
[<ffffffff8118a865>] ? fput+0x25/0x30
[<ffffffff81077688>] ? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0
[<ffffffff81077717>] ? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x020
[<ffffffff81006072>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x16
dkm_kms_helper panic occurred, switching back to text console
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The very last line appears for each boot choice saving only the text mode
boot. In that case the line is absent but the rest of the output remains
unchanged.
An extract of the system specifications rendered by lshw:
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description: Desktop Computer
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop
uuid=B4CDC46C-7E7A-11DE-87DF-0011D8A408ED
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: DG43GT
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
version: AAE62768-300
serial: BTGT931003W4
slot: To be filled by O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 0
version: GTG4310H.86A.0019.2009.0625.1334 (06/25/2009)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect
socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880
int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video
acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu at 0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: PROCESSOR
size: 2666MHz
capacity: 4GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8
apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse
sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs
bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3
cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 32KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
capabilities: internal varies unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 2b
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
product: PartNum0
vendor: Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum0
slot: CHANNEL_A
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
*-bank:1
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