Re: Cannot boot any HIGHMEM kernel (kernel panic - not syncing)

["Michael Elsdörfer" <elsdoerfer@gmail.com>]

> Have you used Linux on this machine before now?  If not, the problem may be
> a hardware issue.  You may have a broken BIOS which doesn't allow the kernel
> to do something it thinks it sould be able to do. Try booting with the
> kernel parameters acpi=off or noapic.

Thanks for responding Mark.

Yes, as I mentioned, I had a custom debian sarge kernel running on it
previously for years. I'll give noacpi a try, but since this is a live
machine and I'll have to schedule a downtime, I'd welcome any other
suggestions anyone might have.

Michael