* Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> 2007-07-31 > On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:07:32PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > > I reinstalled Debian using "amd64-expertgui" at the first prompt, using the > > same DVD. The reinstall completed successfully, but it is unable to boot. > > When I add to the "kernel" line in GRUB, I get: > > > > ADDITION: RESULT > > > > 1. nothing: Kernel panic > > 2. noapic nolapic: Kernel panic > > 3. acpi=off: SATA internal errors > > 4. acpi=off noapic nolapic: SATA internal errors > > > > "Kernel panic" looks like this: > > > > Code: <pairs of hexadecimal digits> > > Console shuts up ... > > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler > > > > I could not find any hardware problem. The hard drive is a Seagate 7200.10 > > 300 giga-byte SATA. The whole computer is new. > > > > Searching the web showed that similar problems were tackled by > > adding/removing kernel modules. Can this be solved by adding/removing kernel > > modules? > > if that is the case then you're probably dealing with a situation > where the proper modules are not being used in the initrd to get the > root filesystem up. you could boot a live-cd and chroot into the > system to rebuild the initrd's making sure to include all the modules, > or at least ensuring that you include the right modules... I don't know even what "initrd" is, but I have seen it in the GRUB configuration. Could you give me more detailed instructions, or point me to some HOWTO? > > ALSO: I want to try the 486 linux-image, but dpkg refuses to install it, > > saying that that package is only for I386. How can I install the 486 > > linux-image on my AMD64 computer? > > I'm confused. do you have more than one AMD64 computer? or does your > kernel panic above only happen sometimes? I bypassed the kernel panic by appending "acpi=off" to the "kernel" line in GRUB. I pressed Control-C multiple times at the SATA internal errors, but I don't know if it helped. After a delay, I got a 640x480 X11, though I had asked for 1280x960. At that time, I tried to install the 486 kernel. -- Masatran, R. Deepak <http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/>
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