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kernel panic while booting live usb stick for install

Bug #990879 reported by Ashish on 2012-04-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #950295: b43: missing firmware causes kernel panic. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Hi,

I was trying to install ubuntu 12.04 i386 while I got this kernel panic. I tried installing kubuntu 12.04 but got the same error. ubuntu 10.04, 11.04, mint 12 works on this acer 5002 (turion 64) machine. Whats wrong this time?

ubuntu
http://www.tiikoni.com/tis/view/?id=e3492ee

kubuntu
http://www.tiikoni.com/tis/view/?id=84cd2bc

To add on, I created the usb flash boot disk with unetbootin. I did a hash check on iso and check with boot menu. Both succeeded well.

This error comes right after a message about the brodcom wireless chip drivers. That the drivers are needed to be download.

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Ashish (ashishyadav26) wrote on 2012-04-29:

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Ashish (ashishyadav26) wrote on 2012-04-29:

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-04-29:

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Ashish (ashishyadav26) on 2012-04-29

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote on 2012-04-29: Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 990879

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Ashish (ashishyadav26) wrote on 2012-04-29:

There aren't any log files as this is live usb disk which fails booting up.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed

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Seth Forshee (sforshee) wrote on 2012-04-30:

Ashish: Please go ahead and run the apport-collect command from another version that is working (running from the USB stick is fine). This will at least give us your hardware configuration.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Seth Forshee (sforshee) wrote on 2012-04-30:

I overlooked the comment about this coming right after the broadcom driver message. I'm almost certain this is a duplicate of bug #950295, so I'm going to mark it as such.

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leffi Taher (cosemc2) wrote on 2012-06-24:

I have the same problem when booting from an usb stick or a live cd, trying installing ubuntu 12.04, an error occurs before reaching the installation screen:kernel panic not syncing unable to mount root fs unknown-block(0,0), my caps lock and an other key start blinking when this happens.i am unable to continue a clean installation...no problem with ubuntu 11.10, so what can i do, i am a beginner in linux....???
i have a dell vostro 1015.