Thanks. I will indeed install Cent OS 5.8 and see if that resolves the
issue. RHEL 5 had released some kernel-xen patch to
address this issue. So, just wanted to know if a similar thing is available
for CentOS.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:17 PM, James Hogarth <james.hogarth@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> > Cent OS 5.5 x64 does not boot on certain AMD-based servers. Following
> error
> > is displayed:
> >
> > Code: 8b 72 40 48 8d 4c 24 1c 48 8b 7a 20 ba c4 01 00 00 e8 5f 77
> > RIP [<ffffffff8008192f>] cpuid4_cache_lookup+0x256/0x356
> > RSP <ffff810104737d60>
> > CR2: 000000000040
> > <0>Kernel panic -- not syncing: Fatal exception
> > This issue was noticed on Dell PowerEdge R715 with AMD Opteron 12-core
> > processor. Is there any kernel specific patch which addresses this issue?
>
> Have you tried installing the most recent release (5.8 or 6.3
> depending on your requirements)?
>
> 5.5 is pretty ancient and only the current code is supported for a
> given major revision number (ie CentOS5 or CentOS6 at this time given
> that CentOS5 is now end of life).
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