Grub2 comes with a whole load of fails.
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----- Original Message -----> From: "pro alias" <proalia at gmail.com>
> To: centos at centos.org
> Sent: Thursday, 2 April, 2015 21:44:59
> Subject: [CentOS] Boot Failure [Solved]
> I writ:
> "The latest kernel kernel-3.10.0.229.1.2.el7.x86_64 appears not to
like
> our Supermicro X9SBAA-F board. It fails on boot with the last message
> before panic being apic_timer_interupt ...." <snipped rest>
>
> It turned out that only one X9SBAA box was affected.
>
> Deleting and reinstalling the kernel did not fix the issue.
> The problem turned out to be the old "initrd" issue in grub.conf.
We have
> seen this from time to time on updates in the past. The line:
> initrd /initramfs-3.10.0-229.1.2.el7.x86_64.img
> was missing from grub.conf. When manually inserted, the new kernel
> worked swimmingly. I suspect that this is related to updating grub
> either immediately before or after a new kernel is installed. It's just
> enough of an annoyance that someone with spare time on their hands
> might want to look in it.
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