"Klang" <gclegg@ozemail.com.au> writes:

> Collegues
>
> Have a box with P4, 1G RAM, 60 Gig HDD dual booting Linux Mint and Debian
> Etch 4.0 with GRUB.
>
> Have had a major crash.
>
> Computer worked fine in the morning but later in the day I powered up and
> got the GRUB screen showing Mint and Etch selection menu as per normal.
>
> Tried to boot into Etch, which I use normally and after some scrolling text
> in a console the system froze with a kernel panic indication.
>
> I did a soft reboot using the computer reset button into Mint and got the
> same frozen kernel panic warning.
>
> Inserted a Knoppix Live Distro Disc into the DVD tray and tried a reboot.
> The computer recognised the live distro and then froze with the same kernel
> panic message whilst trying to boot.
>
> Any thoughts please ...maybe HDD or motherboard ...thanks in advance.
>
> Klang

Why would it be HDD if a Live CD does the same? Sounds like RAM or Mobo
or some other HW to me.