On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:31:59PM +0800, David S. wrote: >> Hello there, >> >> unfortunately my newly acquired Lenovo Desktop, Model Number A5790R >> will Kernel Panic before during boot. The install of i386 4.6 itself >> goes fine. I tried to boot with acpi disabled, to no avail. Also i >> played around with various settings in the BIOS pertaining to certain >> CPU Features and S-ATA Features, like EHCI, Compatible, Legacy IDE, >> etc, all no help. >> >> Please find attached the output of my Serial Console Session which >> shows the Kernel Panic output, ps and trace. I could not run trace on >> the other CPU, as issuing a machdep 1 hangs the Machine completely. >> >> In case someone can help me out, id be very grateful. Also, please >> snip out all the below output in replies so it looks nicer in the >> thread :-) >> >> Thanks and best regards, >> David S. > > There is some kind of problem with SB600 ahci and SATA optical drives. > For now if you can try change the mode of the optical drive from ahci > to ide via the bios or disconnect the optical drive things should work. >
Indeed,after trying many a things disconnecting the S-ATA CD-ROM made it boot up correctly. *headdesk* Many thanks and best regards, David S.
