Bug 9184 (System_Hault) - System Haults at boot
Summary: System Haults at boot
Status: REJECTED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: System_Hault
Product: Platform Specific/Hardware
Classification: Unclassified
Component: x86-64 (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 blocking
Assignee: Andi Kleen
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Reported: 2007-10-18 11:52 UTC by Madhushan Madawala
Modified: 2008-09-23 14:32 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 2.6.18.2
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Description Madhushan Madawala 2007-10-18 11:52:20 UTC 
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.4.1

Distribution: Damn Small Linux

Hardware Environment:
MSI RC410M-L Mother Board, a Pentium D 2.8 Ghz Processor,
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Problem Description:
Fedora core 7 and Ubuntu , open suse or any other distro with kernel 2.6 fail to boot but strangely kernel 2.4 distros boot 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Will require a MSI RC410M-L Mother Board, a Pentium D 2.8 Ghz Processor,NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE grafics card, 1 GB Kingstong DDR 2 RAM, DVD rom drive. 

2. Get the very latest Distro (Used Ferdora 7 or Open Suse 10.2)

3. Boot with live CD or normal installation CD

4. After the kernel uncompresses the system will freeze.
Comment 1 Andi Kleen 2007-10-19 03:22:08 UTC 
First please don't assign directly.

And please try with at least 2.6.23. No interest in 2.6.18 here at all.

And then boot with earlyprintk=vga and log the messages on the screen (either
writing down or photographing them)
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