Re: Kernel panics at boot time

On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 04:16:22 -0700 (PDT), Daku <dakupoto@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Could some Linux guru please provide some hints to my problem.

I have an old machine, which has had 3 OS upgrades, and was working
fine till about two weeks ago, when it started having kernel panics at
boot time. Each time it kernel panics, the 'Caps Lock' and 'Scroll
Lock' LEDs on the keyboard start flashing periodically. I have to try
several times before it boots correctly, and once it starts, it runs
like a charm. The kernel panics are on different things at different
times -- sometimes even before udev starts and the hardware/network/
audio has been initialized.

I have tried using memtestx86+4.2 to try to see if there is a RAM
problem, but I only get BIOS error messages indicating that it could
not read the CD correctly. I have tried unplugging the CD drive as a
test, but that only removes the kernel panic for a few days, and it re-
appears again.

Could someone please suggest how to identify the issue ? Could this be
and OS related problem ? Any hints, suggestions would be very helpful.
Looks like a failure of memory or motherboard. You can't be sure of
course, but I would go for the memory. Maybe you can remove part of
the memory and see if the prob goes away. Run memtest, etc.
.

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