Thus spake shifty: > I built a new machine yesterday and was hoping to give Debian a whirl fresh > from the start, I'm so sick of Redhat nad have heard nothing but blessings > about Debian... I Downloaded and burned ISOs for Debian 2.2 rev 3 (all 3 > discs) and attempted to install, but after starting the installation from > the initial install screen (the text based where you can type in arguments, > etc.), I get a short way into the install and get kernel panic. The same > kernel panic is happening in same place when trying to install Redhat 6.2, > so I know it's not just specific to Debian - I'm hoping someone might have > info. Here are the particulars if anyone is interested in helping > troubleshoot things or giving suggestions: > > System specs: > Antec Soho1030 case/330w Enermax PS > Abit KG7-RAID > Athlon XP 1500/266 > Western Digital 7200/U100/2MB 40GB (caviar) > 512MB Crucial ECC Registered DDR > 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 > SB Live! Value ed. > Netgear FA311 NIC > Teac floppy > Pioneer DVD-116 DVD ROM > Plextor 16x10x40 Plexwriter CRDW > > Kernel panic message (tailed to last 8 lines): > > Process Swapper: (pid: 0 process nr: 0, stackpage: c02db000) > Stack: c0106000 00000000 00000000 c0305d27 00010000 00000282 c0305d58 > 00000031 > c02e1b76 c02e114b c026aa41 00000038 00000000 00002000 00000000 > 00000000 > c02dcdbf c0846000 dfff0000 c0845e08 dfff0000 00000000 c0106000 > 00000000 > Call Trace: [<c0106000>] [<c026aa41>] [<c0106000>] [<c0100175>] > Code: f3 ab 8b 44 24 34 a8 03 74 23 83 c0 03 89 44 24 34 24 fc 89 > Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! > In swapper task not syncing! > > I notice a few lines up from this it says something about being "unable to > handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffe7o6e4" and even a few > lines up that it refuses to see my Athlon XP at full, displaying it as only > an "1334985kHz AMD Athlon". I take it the latest release of debian does not > support the new XP chips? Doesn't seem likely that this would cause kernel > panic though, so I'm curious what's going on. > > The only other thing I can think to include is that I flashed BIOS hoping > that it was something with the mobo, I flashed to the latest rev for the > KG7-R, rev 5E. > > Anyone seen anything similar, heard anything similar, have any ideas? I > appreciate any feedback. I've got this kickass new system and can't do > anything with it. Again, this isn't specific to Debian (the crash), it > happens in Redhat 6.2 as well in same place. I'm stumped. > > -shifty
The only thing I can think is that the kernel included in the install set is too old - AFAIK 2.2r3 uses a 2.2 series kernel, an it may not be able to deal with your setup that nicely. I guess you could either try to set it up for a generic 386, which should work, but not use your rockin' system to it's fullest and then upgrade your kernel, or try working from boot disks with a newer kernel. Good luck, Steve -- Every path has its puddle.
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