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To: Peter Karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.20 kernel crashes while scanning partition list
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From: Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>
Date: 26 Jan 2003 10:28:10 -0500
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Peter Karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se> writes:

> Me, last week:
> 
> > I am installing Debian Linux on my new Athlon XP PC, and I have
> > problems with the 2.4.20 kernel crashing on boot.
> 
> So, no one has any good ideas on what might be wrong with the 2.4.20
> kernel? I must say that it's quite irritating to have a brand new
> computer just standing around unusable because I can't run Linux on it
> :-(

Have you tried 2.4.21pre?  It may have fixes to handle newer hardware.

Does the machine pass memtest86?

-Doug
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