[Rocky Linux 9]: Zen 3 Kernel Panic

Rocky Linux General
1

Hello,

I am testing Rocky 8 and 9 on bare metal:

CPU: Ryzen 5800x
MB: Asrock B550m Steel Legend (2.62 Bios)

Rocky 8.8 works without issues.
But the 9.2 installation media gave me a kernel panic during installation.

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  • I’ve tried searching for a solution on various sites, but most of them are pertained to virtual machines.
  • Zen 3 5800x also supports x86-64-v3. So I don’t think Zen 3 is too old for 5.14 kernel and RHEL 9.

Your insight is much appreciated.

Regards.

2

I suppose you used an iso image. Can you check the hash value and confirm it is not broken?

3

Hi,

Thanks for your suggestion.

I checked the hash as following:

certutil.exe -hashfile .\Rocky-9.2-x86_64-minimal.iso SHA256
06505828e8d5d052b477af5ce62e50b938021f5c28142a327d4d5c075f0670dc
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.

From Rocky’s official checksum

06505828e8d5d052b477af5ce62e50b938021f5c28142a327d4d5c075f0670dc

So I think the minimal iso file in used is not corrupted.
I created the bootable USB with rufus.

4

How did you use rufus? Did you use dd mode? I would try to use dd mode only or choose another image writer. Beyond that, ensure your system’s firmware is fully up to date.

5

Hi,

Recreating the bootable usb with dd mode solved the issue for me.
I am not awared that using iso mode could cause such issue.

Rocky is up and running.

Thanks for your help.