On 9/9/05, Neil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Cameron Childress said:
> > I'm getting a Kernel Panic on a machine - so who better to ask than a
> > group
> > with that name? Also, I am a total noob when it comes to Linux
> > Administration.
>
> Before you replace any components, get a copy of memtest86 from
> http://www.memtest86.com/ and run a diagnostic on the machine. Memory
> is the first suspect. The errors you are seing indicate that the
> kernel has "forgotten" where parts of the hard drive system is. It
> sounds to me very much like memory corruption.
>
> If you don't turn up any errors in memory, check the power supply,
> make sure you have the proper voltages when the system is under load.
> After you have convinced yourself that both memory and power supplies
> are operating within design specification and you still have the
> problem, you can investigate the controller and hard drive.
>
> YMMV
>
> --
> Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net
Note -- memtest86 is available as a boot-time option on Fedore Core 3, disc 1.
So you don't have to go out and get it.
carl
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