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Bug#269027: alpha problems with 2.6.6-1-generic on rc1 : installation report



On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 02:18:04PM -0400, Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford [Contr] wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Steve Langasek wrote:

>   > Hi Toni,
>   >
>   > On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 08:25:29AM -0400, Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford [Contr] wrote:
>   >
>   > >      Reboot failed because kernel 2.6.6-1-generic has a bug in file slab.c, that occurs immediately after
>   > >      the probing of the SCSI devices:
>   >
>   > Was this the default kernel that was installed for you, or did you
>   > choose 2.6.6-1-generic from a list of kernels in the installer?

> I chose 2.6.6-1-generic from a list.  The default kernel is 2.4.26-1-generic.

> But I really want a 2.6 kernel, so I thought I would give it a shot since
> my DS10 as fairly standard DEC components.

The 2.6 kernels that have been made available post-RC1 stand a good
chance of having fixed that bug.  I was more concerned that you didn't
get this kernel by default, since that would point to a bug in the 
installer rather than in the particular kernel.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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