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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:16:46 -0600
From: Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:18:21AM -0500, felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> 
> I will try some more desperate tricks today, like reconnecting the USB pile to see if it at least boots the disks again - is my choice between disks and keyboard?  I will find out.  My best guess right now is that booting 3.7.0 is what clobbered things; whether I added a option which loaded bad firmware, or 3.7.0 is broken, I have no idea.  It could well be something unrelated to 3.7.0.  My goal for today is to try to get keyboard and disk working, then boot with 3.6.8.

Whatever you think of logic, it is entirely illogical that a kernel could kill
your BIOS, or any hardware ... at least, just booting into it.

The southbridge is a good thing to look at, esp for a burned spot/pit.

My suggestion is http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage

Our Gentoo images have been broken lately, and are short on tools always.
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