>Top shows CC taking about 50% or in that vacinity... nothing else of >note is running. But man I've been at this for 3 days, or so. >Created at least 6 different kernels and none will get me >booted... either I get a panic and root cannot be mounted, or the >screen goes black shortly after grub screen... and nothing more >happens. > >I've tried 3.0.4 and backed up to 2.6.39* ... all this on a machine >that has run gentoo for several yrs. And I'm not a complete greenhorn >either. > >There must be some other source of problem I don't know about is all I >can think...
hardware problem? try memtest86 and a HD check with a (boot cd-)tool from the vendor.
