Follow-up Comment #2, bug #29940 (project grub): I have seen a similar thing: The attempt to boot Debian Sarge Linux Kernel vmlinuz-2.4.27-3-k7 causes the machine to re-start (same effect as pressing reset button). This is on a machine with AMD Athlon XP1800 processor and a VIA KT400 chipset motherboard.
Note that legacy grub successfully boots this kernel. Also grub1.96+20080724-16 (Debian Lenny grub 2 package) boots this kernel. It is grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu5-1mint2 that won't boot vmlinuz-2.4.27-3-k7 although it successfully boots various 2.6 series kernels (for instance Linux Mint 9 kernel vmlinuz-2.6.32.23-generic). Note also that the machine reset is independent of the initrd image. It happens even without an initrd on vmlinuz-2.4.27-3-k7 whereas with 2.6 kernels, absence of initrd causes a kernel panic but no reset. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?29940> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub