Bug#285870: F/U Bug#285859: Installation-Report on Dual P4 - kernel panic

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

FWIW

2.4.27-1-686-smp  works
2.6.7-1-686-smp  doesn't work
2.6.8-1-686-smp  doesn't work

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> Comments/Problems:
> 
> The other problem that arose was when installing the
> 2.6.8-1-686-smp kernel - I got a kernel panic.
> 
> I uninstalled it and tried the 2.6.7-1-686-smp kernel with the same
> result.  It seems to give a slightly different error each time but the
> latest one (for the 2.6.7 kernel) is:
> 
> Code: Bad EIP value
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> 00000000
>  printing EIP
> 00000000
>  *pde = 00000000
> ACPI-0183: *** Error: Hardware never changed modes
> ACPI-0089: *** Error: Could not transition to ACPI mode
> ACPI: Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter
> 
> Regards
> 
> Clive

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