[Voyage-linux] 0.5.2 Live-CD Kernel Panic

[Gustin Johnson]

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Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> Hey Gustin,
> 
> Thanks for the informative reply as ever, I appreciate it. I hate to
> admit this to you but we're primarily Windows users here so we simply
> use a notebook booted from the live-cd to build new compact flash
> cards with voyage, nothing more so performance on the odd occasion we
> do it is not really so important.
> 
You do what you have to do to get the work done.  One other option is to
use a newer distro like Ubuntu and run it from a flash or CD/DVD.

> I thought it might be a kernel issue. I did read lots of people
> saying that I would be able to set the NOAPIC from the grub boot menu
> to get it up and running but I couldn't figure out how to get to the
> grub boot menu to make that entry? Do I have a key I need to mash as
> it's booting to get there?
> 
Usually the ESC key gets you to the grub menu (generally it is hidden by
default, with a timer counting down until it launches the default entry).

Once at the grub menu, use the arrow keys to select the kernel line,
then use "e" to edit that line.  You should be able to insert the NOAPIC
option, the order does not really matter, but I would just put it at the
end.

Of course these instructions are for GRUB, I have not actually used the
voyage linux linux live CD as my laptop runs Linux natively.

It might be easier to use a Ubuntu 9.04 live CD/USB (or any other modern
desktop orientated distro) as it comes with a newer kernel.
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