> Hi
> I have a Dual Xeon E5345 quad core system with 8GB RAM (Intel Server
> Board S5000VSA) and 3 SATA 250GB drives. I installed SL 4.4 i386
> with no problems but when I installed SL 4.4 x86_64 I get a kernel
> panic at first-boot just after the grub menu finishes. The message was
> Cannot allocate resource region 0 of Device 0 0000:00:08.0 Then
> after about a screen of other error messages the system stops with a
> Kernel Panic. I am at a loss about how to proceed to investigate the
> problem.
The first thing I always do is turn off apic and apm etc.
Use the "noapic" and "apm=off" kernel boot options and see what happens.
Michael.
> Bob Barton <[log in to unmask]>
> Local Area Administrator (780) 492-5160
> 564B Chemical & Materials Engineering
> University of Alberta,
> Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2G6
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