New kernel fails miserably on natty

[Frank McCormick]

On 16/07/11 01:29 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Frank McCormick <beacon at videotron.ca
> <mailto:beacon at videotron.ca>> wrote:
>
>     On 16/07/11 01:06 PM, compdoc wrote:
>
>         *>*2.6.38.10-generic-pae fails as soon as it's selected, by
>         restarting
>
>         the machine at the BIOS
>          >power-on self-test, scanning for controllers and hard drives
>         etc, with
>         no visible error message
>          >or indication of failure. The machine is a bit old (2001
>         BIOS), but
>         this reaction is a bit severe, I think.
>          >
>          >Anybody else?
>
>         I have 2.6.38.10-generic running on a couple of machines now with no
>         issues - but it's no PAE, as they are 64bit.
>
>
>
>       On my Debian Sid installation none of the PAE kernels will run.
>     The Kernel developers seem to think it's a hardware
>     problem...despite the fact earlier kernels ran (and still run) fine.
>     My BIOS is from 2003.
>     YMMV
>
> Hmmm.  I only have 2 GB RAM on this particular machine, but choose PAE
> out of habit.  I cannot reboot mine at the moment, but I wonder if
> 2.6.38.1-generic (no PAE)  would run?

   Only one way to know :)




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