Let me preface my information below by saying that while I was trying different things, I found that if I don't set the framebuffer to false, I never see the kernel panic. The system locks up tight with a gray bar (row) at the bottom of a blue screen. If I do set the frame buffer to false, I can switch consoles when the system appears to hang (black row at the bottom of a blue screen) before I get the kernel panic message.
I booted the CD using the following at the boot prompt: expert noapci nolapci apcpi=off I choose language, country, en_US.UTF-8, no additional locales, PC-style keyboard, and American English keymap. I then get the "Detect and mount CD-ROM", the next screen shows 28 kernel modules that were detected, then the "Detecting hardware..." progress bar completes and a window pops up asking "Start PC Card services?". I tab to 'No' and hit Enter. At this point the machine locks up. I can't switch to another console. I don't get a kernel panic this time. The system just totally locks up. I tried both CD#1 and the NETINST CD and got the same results with both. On the 28 kernel modules that were detected, there was floppy, USB, isofs, and the rest all have to do with IDE. They are: via82cxxx trm290 triflex sic90e66 sis5513 ssimage serverworks sc1200 rz1000 pdc202xx_old pdc202xx_new opti621 ns87415 it821x npt34x cy82c693 cs5535 cs5530 cs5520 cmd64x atiixp amd74xx alim15x3 aec62xx ide-generic I tried de-selecting all modules except ide-generic and isofs and still got the lockup/kernel panic. I don't know which module would be appropriate for the Intel AL440LX mobo. I will supply most of the text of the kernel panic message tomorrow. It's very late here and I need to get some sleep before work tomorrow. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
