Using flight 2 AMD64 Live CD, the system boots... but doesn't do so very well: * Kernel Panic on boot * Doesn't regonize my sata HDD (although sata_sil does appear to load) * Didn't DHCP an ethernet address * Got wrong video resolution for LCD, but video does work Here's the kernel panic: [ 80.501028] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 80.590378] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 62x/62x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 80.590719] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 [ 80.661258] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5 [ 83.499926] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000 008 RIP: [ 83.499971] {generic_make_request+30} [ 83.500122] PGD b6b0c067 PUD b4bcc067 PMD 0 [ 83.500259] Oops: 0000 [1] [ 83.500329] CPU 0 [ 83.500399] Modules linked in: sg sr_mod dm_mod usbhid usb_storage snd_atiixp snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss pcspkr snd_mixer_oss parport_pc parport ehci_hcd ohci_hcd psmouse rtc snd_pcm floppy usbcore tg3 serio_raw shpchp snd_t imer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc pci_hotplug evdev md_mod ext2 unionfs cloop is ofs ide_generic ide_cd cdrom generic atiixp sata_sil libata scsi_mod thermal pro cessor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor capability commoncap [ 83.502194] Pid: 3537, comm: readahead-list Not tainted 2.6.15-8-amd64-generi c #1 [ 83.502239] RIP: 0010:[] {generic_make_re quest+30} [ 83.502314] RSP: 0018:ffff8100b43ddac8 EFLAGS: 00010212 [ 83.502389] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 83.502429] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 83.502471] RBP: ffff8100b94cd540 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff8100b8a998f0 [ 83.502514] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8100b94cd540 [ 83.502555] R13: 0000000000000004 R14: ffff8100b43ddba8 R15: 0000000000000250 [ 83.502596] FS: 00002aaaaadf96d0(0000) GS:ffffffff803ef800(0000) knlGS:00000 00000000000 [ 83.502642] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 83.502683] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 00000000b4265000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 83.502725] Process readahead-list (pid: 3537, threadinfo ffff8100b43dc000, t ask ffff8100b962a850) [ 83.502770] Stack: 0000000000000000 ffff8100b43ddbc8 ffff8100b94cd540 0000000 000000000 [ 83.502945] ffff8100b94cd540 0000000000000000 ffff8100b94cd540 0000000 000000004 [ 83.503155] ffff8100b43ddba8 ffffffff801db658 [ 83.503295] Call Trace:{submit_bio+200} { submit_bh+253} [ 83.503480] {block_read_full_page+596} {:ext2:ext2_get_block+0} [ 83.503668] {do_mpage_readpage+959} {:ext2:ext2_get_block+0} [ 83.503855] {sprintf+81} {radix_tr ee_node_alloc+19} [ 83.504035] {radix_tree_insert+317} {mpage_readpages+173} [ 83.504218] {:ext2:ext2_get_block+0} {__alloc_pages+99} [ 83.504403] {__do_page_cache_readahead+368} {force_page_cache_readahead+105} [ 83.504595] {sys_readahead+136} {s ystem_call+126} [ 83.504779] [ 83.504890] [ 83.504891] Code: 48 8b 47 08 48 8b 40 60 48 c1 f8 09 74 78 48 63 d3 48 8b 4d [ 83.505656] RIP {generic_make_request+30} RSP [ 83.505770] CR2: 0000000000000008 [ 83.505809] <6>ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] [ 85.338874] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] [ 85.391187] ibm_acpi: ec object not found [ 110.519316] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! [ 126.103375] [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.0 20040925 Let me know if you want separate bugs on these things... or more info... just let me know what you need