[K12OSN] power outage problem

[Calvin Dodge]

On 9/27/06, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
>
> I had a report exactly like this from one of my schools that has a
> Gateway 955 server (re-badged Intel dual Xeon rack mount server).
>
>
> The problem appears to be with the latest kernel update
> (kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5). When the school rebooted with the
> previous kernel (kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5), the problem disappeared.

Interesting ....

I have access to 3 Athlon64-based machines. The 2 which run 32-bit
Core 5 lock up about 10 seconds after the boot phase is finished IF I
select that 2187 kernel, but run just fine on the 2174 kernel. Adding
"noapic" to the "kernel" line in grub.conf makes no difference, FWIW.

The 64-bit OS system is OK with 2187

Anyway, it sounds like I'm not the only one with a problem with the
new kernel, and it's not just Athlon-related.

Calvin