x86_64 PANIC on boot from FC5test1 CD

[alan]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, John Ellson wrote:

> Alan,
> 
> How much memory do you have?

1 gig of ram.  (I would have gotten 2, but HP wanted way too much for it.)

> 
> John
> 
> 
> alan wrote:
> > On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Tim Waugh wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Does anyone else see this?:
> >>
> >>   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174978
> >>
> >> ..or is it just me?
> >>     
> >
> > I have installed this on my AMD64 3700+ HP zv5000z laptop. Works fine. 
> > (Not quite an Opteron, I know, but close.)
> >
> > No problems with crashing.  Updates from yum are problematic.  Some things 
> > seem to be missing and/or have odd library dependancies.  (I have not 
> > spent the time to track it down.) Other than that and the modules 
> > directories for X changing location, it has gone pretty well.
> >
> >   
> >> Description of problem:
> >> I get PANIC errors when booting FC5test1 disc1 x86_64 on an AMD
> >> Opteron.  I get the 'boot:' prompt at the bottom of the welcome
> >> screen, but after I press enter and it loads the kernel and the
> >> initrd, the screen clears and displays:
> >>
> >> .
> >> kernel direct mapping tables upto ffff810100000000 @ 8000-d000
> >> PANIC: early exception rip ffffffff8063b05d error 0 cr2 4228
> >> PANIC: early exception rip ffffffff8011d1de error 0 cr2
> >> ffffffffff5fd023
> >>
> >> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> >> FC5test1, so kernel-2.6.14-1.1696_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> >>
> >> How reproducible:
> >> 100%
> >>
> >> Steps to Reproduce:
> >> 1. Boot disc1
> >> 2. Press enter
> >>
> >> Tim.
> >> */
> >>
> >>     
> >
> >   
> 
> 

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