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Re: Kernel panics at boot time

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Daku <dakupoto@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I suppose that your current configuration was not changed just before
these errors started to appear?

> I have tried using memtestx86+4.2 to try to see if there is a RAM
> problem, but I only get BIOS error messages indicating that it could not
> read the CD correctly.

That does sound like a hardware problem. Does your computer have a floppy
drive? If so you could boot memtest from a floppy.

> I have tried unplugging the CD drive as a test, but that only removes
> the kernel panic for a few days, and it re- appears again.
> 
> Could someone please suggest how to identify the issue ? Could this be
> and OS related problem ? Any hints, suggestions would be very helpful.

To me it seems like a hardware problem. You have already tried to remove
the CD and that did help a bit. Other things that might be worth trying to
replace are:

PSU
RAM
motherboard
CPU
HD
all pci cards (if any)

I would try replacing things in the order above based on the likelyhood
that they cause your problem and how easy things are to replace.

regards Henrik
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