On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 02:28:58PM +0000, Tim Channon wrote: > Working but recent Testing installation. > > Hadn't done an update for maybe a couple of weeks, Synaptic, refresh > etc. and do it. > > Downloads and installs maybe 600 items, only message was about the > kernel and a message I have seen on other installs, benign, except maybe > not this time. Says it is installing the same kernel version blah blah. > > Finished, no reboot prompted so I carried on doing some minor web > browsing, few other things, then because it is usually a good idea, > reboot. > > Grub, boot, immediate kernel panic. Suggests reboot with APIC debug > on... not sure that is possible with this motherboard and that fault. > Also suggests reboot NOAPIC, try that, it barfs. The point is this > system originally installed just fine, apt automatically put that kernel > in without problems. > > What is going on? The kernel version looked the same, only one kernel is > installed (recent installation). Were no extra parameters passed by grub > so this is basic stuff. > > Only obvious clue is the presence of a known to the kernel BIOS > strangeness to do with APIC and timers, handled by the kernel early on. > > Any ideas? Without heading down the road of APIC problems, try booting a live cd, chrooting into the system and rebuilding the initrd. or re-installing the kernel (or a different one perhaps)... A
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