Hey Marc, Well, I am sorry I did leave out that extra 2. It was 2.2r2, I apologize.
To answer your last question, I didn't use any boot options. I am using a Athlon 1.1 ThunderBird on a Asus A7V motherboard. The laptop I tried was a Presario 1220 w/ a Cyrix CPU 200 mhz or so MMX enabled I think > > That is not a correct Debian release version number. The "r" denotes a > Point-Release. 2.2r2 is current. > > > I tried an install on an AMD 1.1 TB Socket A w/ 768 mb ram, Asus AV7 > > motherboard I got a kernel panic halt, then it completely freezes up, > > ctl-alt-del don't even work. > > > > Last week I tried to install the same 2.2r, but for a different media, > > onto a Compaq Presario w/ a Cyrix CPU, same thing, kernel halt then it > > spits out is junk a mile long. > > > > I have installed this version successfully, just not on these two > > machines. The machines I have had luck w/ all had Intel CPU Pentiums, > > and one Pentium !!! > > > > What this all boils down to is that I gotta be missing something here. > > Do AMD and Cyrix CPU require a special boot mode or something? > > > > Anyone experienced the same problem with AMD and Cyrix? > > Negative. I have succesfully installed Potato on several flavors of i386 > machines, including a dual Pentium (old Compaq Proliant), several > self-built systems (with Intel 486, AMD 486, Cyrix P166+, AMD K6-II, AMD > Athlon processor) and a notebook of unknown origin. > > What Version of Debian are you using? Are you booting from the CD? Did > you provide any boot options to the kernel? > > What is the error message? > > -- > _ _ Marc A. Donges +49 791 51804 > 'v' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > / \ PGP-Key(DSA): 1024D/1C9ECFF2 > W W > Fingerprint: 58B9 07A6 CBB1 7016 EB1D 7D35 EEBE 67DC 1C9E CFF2 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >