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well, first thing on my list if I can't boot; good 'ol USB live boot to read dmesg and syslog. Which a live boot, you can install packages such as microcode up

• LeonM 7y ago
  This is a microcode bug which causes a kernel to hang. So simply booting from a different medium is not going to help you. You'll need to compile a kernel which does not depend on the RDRAND instruction as a source of randomness.
  • ehvatum 7y ago
    It causes systemd to blow up, but you could try doing your microcode update from initrd. Or just get rid of systemd, run your microcode update, and make some Halloween jello shots to take to the no-systemd party (it's going to be even crazier, this year).
• pedrocr 7y ago
  If the kernel itself doesn't boot, installing the microcode package may not help. It only helps if the problem only occurs after the point at which the kernel loads the microcode. Hopefully that's early enough for most cases.
  • nemetroid 7y ago
    Early load microcode updating happens very early for this precise reason.
    • throwaway8941 7y ago
      Indeed. At least the Intel driver does it so early in the boot process that the "microcode updated" message is literally the first line in dmesg on a couple of systems I've bothered to check.