FC5 install disk and more recent kernels will not boot

Jim Shepherd jeshep at gmail.com
Wed Jun 28 06:33:51 UTC 2006


Yeah! One last google search turned up another kernel argument to try.
 Using "nolacpi" with or without the other apic/acpi arguments finally
gets rid of the errors and permits the FC5 kernel to boot!

-Jim

On 6/27/06, Jim Shepherd <jeshep at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just updated to the "kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5" kernel and am getting
> the following error:
>
> APIC error on CPU0: 02(02)
>
> This error repeats continually very early in the boot process.  The
> system must be reset to gain control.  From a google search, it seems
> that this error indicates a system error with the APIC communications.
>  I have updated the BIOS to the latest version, disabled apic in the
> BIOS, and tried using the "noapic", "acpi=off", and "pci=noacpi"
> kernel options without any effect.  As before, I can still boot
> successfully with any FC4 kernel.  Why am I still getting these errors
> when it has been disabled in the BIOS and kernel, and only with the
> FC5 kernels?  Any ideas?
>
> -Jim
>
> On 6/25/06, Jim Shepherd <jeshep at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone have any ideas on how I can debug this problem I am having
> > with the FC5 kernels locking up very early in the boot process?  Are
> > there debug switches I can enable to get more information and try to
> > zero in on the exact problem area?  Should I try the main kernel list?
> >  Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > -Jim Shepherd
> >
> > On 6/21/06, Jim Shepherd <jeshep at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have not been able to get any of the kernels packaged with FC5 to
> > > boot on my system.  Initially, I tried booting from a burned DVD copy
> > > of FC5.  After pressing "Enter" at the initial install screen, the
> > > kernel tries to load, but hangs after printing "Checking 'hlt'
> > > instruction ...OK".  The system must then be hard reset.  The system
> > > previously had a FC4 working fine and possibly FC3 before that (I
> > > can't remember how many further versions back have run on this
> > > particular hardware setup).  From the working FC4 install, it seems
> > > that ACPI related messages appear after the "Checking 'hlt'
> > > instruction" line, so I tried disabling acpi using some of the kernel
> > > parameters.  Adding "noacpi" and/or "acpi=off" had no effect.  Adding
> > > "pci=noacpi" results in one more line being printed: "ACPI: setting
> > > ELCR to 1a20 (from 1820)" before hanging.  I then performed a yum
> > > upgrade of the system from FC4 to FC5, hoping that a newer kernel
> > > release would solve the problem.  Unfortunately, the newer kernels
> > > fared no better (kernel-2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 is the most recent version I
> > > have tried).  Luckily, the older FC4 kernel (kernel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4)
> > > still works fine with all of the other packages from FC5, so my
> > > computer is still usable.  The computer itself consists of an ASUS
> > > A7N8X Deluxe mother board (I believe it has the Nvidia nforce2 chipset
> > > and an Athlon 2400+ XP processor), 1.5GB generic RAM, IDE drive, and
> > > Matrox G450 video board.  Any help is greatly appreciated.  Please let
> > > me know if I can provide any further information to help debug this
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > -Jim Shepherd
> > >
> >
>




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