Bug#519908: kernel panic not syncing: Out of low memory (IBM System x 3590 M2)

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 01:17:49PM +0900, t.nakao wrote:
> Package: kernel-package
> Version: 11.015
> Severity: important
> 
> Machine: IBM System x 3590 M2 (7141-WJS)
> Processor:QuadCore Xeon X7350 2.93GHz 8MB L2 x 16cpus
> Memory:64GB (8GBx8)
> 
> System can not boot kernel(2.6.26-1-amd64) with kernel panic,
> after upgraded to lenny(debian 5.0.0) from Etch(4.0.r7).
> 
> Boot Message
> 
> Loading /install.amd/vmlinuz...................
> Loading /install.amd/initrd.gz..............................
> .......................ready.
> 
> Decompressing Linux...
> Booting the kernel.
> 
> Kernel alive
> [ 0.004000 ] low bootmem alloc of
>     8388608 bytes failed !
> [ 0.004000 ] kernel panic -
>     not syncing: Out of low memory

Please explain in more detail what you did. Did you build your own
package with kernel-package? Do the standard Debian kernels work?

Cheers,
        Moritz