Bug#623710: kernel panic on initial boot
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: Businesscard CD Image
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-businesscard.iso
Date: 22 April 2011
Machine: Sony Vaio F13S8E/B
Processor: Intel Core I7 740QM
Memory: 6GB
Partitions: 15GB + 100GB Recover Partitions / 400 GB NTFS / 48GB Unallocated
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): Can not obtain.
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [E ]
Detect network card: [ ]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems: During the initial boot after kernel is loaded, init
process is started and init receives segmentation fault, which results
in kernel panic and hang up. Detail of the message is (omiting timestamps):
init[1]: segfault at ffffffffffffffff ip ffffffffffffffff sp
00007fff9c5edc78 error 14
Kernel panic - not synching: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.37-2-amd64 #1
I also tried previous daily images and netinstall image. Result was
always the same. First, I thought that there is something in 2.6.37-2
kernel that is not compatible with my notebook hardware. However I got
the same results when I tried to boot a virtual machine (Oracle VM
VirtualBox) with the CD images.
I guess I can conclude there is something wrong with the daily testing
minimal install CD images.
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