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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:16:17 +0100
From: Bas Mevissen <ml@basmevissen.nl>
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To: Simon Oosthoek <simon@ti-wmc.nl>
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Subject: Re: Problem EIP + kernel panic
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Simon Oosthoek wrote:

> Emmanuel Gaudin wrote:
> 
>> Hi everybody , and sorry for my english.
>>
>> I am under debian sid and i have installed the kernel 2.424 . After 
>> few time i
>> noticed that the new kernel-image on the debian apt tree was 
>> available. So i
>> decidede to install it. (For the 2.4.24 i did with the kernel sources and
>> make dep etc..) I have installed it then i reboot.
>> On the reboot i have a kernel panic due to a eip problem.
>> My mother board is a p4p800 and the kernel version i've installed is the
>> 2.6.2-smp. (i have a 2.6 ghz intel cpu with hyperthreading.)
>>
>> Have someone an idea?
> 
> 
> Try booting with kernel parameter pnpbios=off, it's a problem with the
> pnp implementation of the intel 8(6?/7)5 chipset. (a bios upgrade to P18
> didn't help for me, I don't know if recent changes in 2.6.3-... address
> this issue)
> 

AFAIK, it is not fixed yet.

> I may not be the best person to answer this, I just know this is the
> problem ;-)
> 

Correct. See messages with subject "2.6 kernel boot crashing" too.

I own the same motherboard and got the same problems. Doing what you 
suggest will let the problem go away.

Bas.