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From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: MCE in kernel
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:07:52
Message-Id: 7bef1f890708311956o108f499erf511eb508e9e1d73@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] MCE in kernel by "Alan E. Davis"
1 Followuing up, I removed a troublesome partition that every time was being
2 checked on boot, and I was able to boot ok. Does this make sense?
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4 Alan
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6 On 9/1/07, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@×××××.com> wrote:
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8 > I have been unable to boot into my gentoo system due to a Machine Check
9 > Exception. This is an AMD 64 system. MCE for AMD is enabled in the kernel
10 > (2.6.21 gentoo-sources).
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12 > I am unable to boot in to turn off MCE checking. I was able to log in by
13 > single user mode. The MCE happens at the end of the loading of "default"
14 > scripts, at least this is what I am seeing on the screen: xdm has been
15 > loaded.
16 >
17 > The problem is, I have been installing ubuntu on another partition, and it
18 > boots fine.
19 >
20 > If I have it right, I can download a gentoo live install disk and compile
21 > a new kernel. Is there a howto on this specific problem?
22 >
23 > Thank you,
24 >
25 > Alan Davis
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28 > Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan lngndvs@×××××.com
29 >
30 > "An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need for
31 > one non-existent."
32 > ---Lord Raleigh (aka John William Strutt), or else his son,
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38 Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan lngndvs@×××××.com
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40 "An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need for one
41 non-existent."
42 ---Lord Raleigh (aka John William Strutt), or else his son,

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