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 http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. - Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
