[techtalk] CPUID serial number - kernel panic

Nils Philippsen nils at wombat.dialup.fht-esslingen.de
Sat Aug 11 00:41:34 EST 2001


On 10 Aug 2001 15:41:33 -0400, coldfire wrote:
> > > > I've just installed Red Hat 6.2 on a brand new computer, the
> > > > installation worked fine, everything worked really smoothly till I
> > > > tried to boot up for the first time.  It correctly identifies the
> > > > CPU type, then it says: CPUID disabling serial number... and that's
> > > > where it dies.  
[snip]
> regardless, get the latest kernel source for whichever you intend to run
> (2.2.x or 2.4.x).

That's the 2.2.19-6.2.7 in this particular case -- the 2.2.19 should be
upgraded to anyway because up to 2.2.18 the kernels have a very nasty,
root-exploitable bug.

Nils
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