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Re: Kernel panics at boot time

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In article <ivap32$s2$1@dont-email.me>,
Aragorn  <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
> On Saturday 09 July 2011 13:16 in comp.os.linux.hardware, Daku 
> enlightened humanity with the following words...:
> 
> > Could some Linux guru please provide some hints to my problem.
> > 
> > I have an old machine, which has had 3 OS upgrades, and was working
> > fine till about two weeks ago, when it started having kernel panics at
> > boot time.  Each time it kernel panics, the 'Caps Lock' and 'Scroll
> > Lock' LEDs on the keyboard start flashing periodically.  I have to try
> > several times before it boots correctly, and once it starts, it runs
> > like a charm. The kernel panics are on different things at different
> > times -- sometimes even before udev starts and the hardware/network/
> > audio has been initialized.
> 
> That suggests a hardware problem, which could be either permanent or 
> incidental.  Most likely culprits...:
> 
> ° overheating;

Overheating is unlikely in a "freshly turned on" state.  It's more
likely to show up when the machine has been on a while.  And it goes
away by the machine being off, not being on.

> > Could someone please suggest how to identify the issue ?
> 
> The only possible way of doing that would be to scrutinize each and 
> every component in the system, starting with a test of the power supply 
> unit.  These things tend to fail over time.  Then, start with a basic, 
> minimal set-up, with only one memory module installed, only one 
> processor installed (if it is a multi-socket machine), and only one hard 
> disk (if you have multiple hard disks).  Take it from there, adding more 
> components as you go along, and swapping out the faulty ones.

If you have access to a similar machine to cannibalize, borrow parts
from it.

-- 
-eben         QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP          royalty.mine.nu:81

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Kernel panics at boot time Daku <dakupoto@gmail.com> - 2011-07-09 04:16 -0700
  Re: Kernel panics at boot time Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-07-09 14:00 +0200
  Re: Kernel panics at boot time Antti Talsta <atalsta@gmail.com> - 2011-07-09 15:05 +0300
  Re: Kernel panics at boot time "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor.Hemsley@mytrousers.ntlworld.com> - 2011-07-09 17:12 -0500
  Re: Kernel panics at boot time Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2011-07-10 01:43 +0200
    Re: Kernel panics at boot time ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar) - 2011-07-10 14:28 -0400
      Re: Kernel panics at boot time Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2011-07-11 04:32 +0200
        Re: Kernel panics at boot time Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-11 04:36 +0000
  Re: Kernel panics at boot time Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-07-10 17:18 +0000
    Re: Kernel panics at boot time Daku <dakupoto@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 07:53 -0700
      Re: Kernel panics at boot time Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-07-17 12:00 +0100
        Re: Kernel panics at boot time Daku <dakupoto@gmail.com> - 2011-07-17 11:48 -0700
          Re: Kernel panics at boot time Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-07-19 00:33 +0000
          Re: Kernel panics at boot time Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-07-24 19:11 +0000
      Re: Kernel panics at boot time Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-07-17 17:07 +0000
  Re: Kernel panics at boot time Palmisano <xspalm1@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-12 00:04 +0200
  Re: Kernel panics at boot time Palmisano <xspalm1@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-12 00:03 +0200
    Re: Kernel panics at boot time Daku <dakupoto@gmail.com> - 2011-07-12 08:57 -0700
      Re: Kernel panics at boot time david <none@nospam.com> - 2011-07-13 10:23 +0000

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