Hi John! On 10/7/20 6:42 PM, John Vakonakis wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply. No luck I'm afraid; I tried a couple of images > with kernel 4.9.0 but they hang ~20 sec after boot start (but always at > exactly the same point, unlike kernel 5.7.0 that hang at random points). > But, I'll keep going through them just in case I find one working.
Do you know what kind of storage controller the machine uses? Chances are you have one of these "hpsa" controllers which require a firmware update to properly work in SMP mode. Try booting with "nosmp". I was able to fix this problem by upgrading the firmware of the controller. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
