I tried the 'linux nobiospn' option also, and it is the same problem: "Kernel panic! Attempted to kill init!". It seems the process starts up and goes through more than a screen of startup stuff, then it freezes there.
I am going to try and install it on an ancient Mint Pentium 200MHz computer I have here with 92MB RAM and see if that works. If it does it will confirm that the CD-ROM is ok and that there is some incompatibility with Mandrake Linux on my HP. This HP is a real cheap system ($389 new at Yodobashi Camera) and is sort of a minimal system: 400MHz Celeron, 4GB HD, 192MB RAM and a USB network connection. doug p.s. Aside: In order to install on the old Mint I first have to install a Redhat Linux I have here because the Mint doesn't boot from a CD-ROM and I happen to have a Redhat boot floppy lying around. And my HP, which also has Windows installed, doesn't include a floppy. So I am creating a Redhat Linux system first just to create a boot floppy for Mandrake! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monday, December 24, 2001): >On Sunday 23 December 2001 18:01, you wrote: >> Hi. Thanks for the reply. I believe the ISO is good, and the CD-ROM was >> "verified" after the burn. >> >> Have you heard of other HP Pavilion 2000's running Mandrake Linux? It >> isn't on the Mandrake hardware list. >> >> Any other suggestions? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Doug Lerner, Tokyo >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monday, December 24, 2001): >> >On Saturday 22 December 2001 20:47, you wrote: >> >> Hi. I just downloaded the install ISO image for Mandrake 8.1 and burned >> >> a CD-ROM from it. Then I restarted my computer and the Mandrake >> >> installation program started up. I pressed Enter and after a bunch of >> >> lines on the screen the process stopped with the following error >> >> message: >> >> >> >> <0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! >> >> >> >> I tried this again, pressing F1 instead of Enter and choosing various >> >> other installations, such as vgalo. But they all resulted in the same >> >> error. >> >> >> >> Does this mean my hardware is just not supported? >> >> >> >> It is an HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion 2000, Celeron 400 MHz, 192 MB >> >> RAM. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Doug Lerner, Tokyo >> > >> >Should not be a problem. From what I have seen on the mail list. Are you >> >> sure >> >> >you have a clean download of the iso's by using checksums? It sounds >> >> like the >> >> >install CD is not good. If you burn a new one, burn it at a slow speed >> > like 2x. HTH >No, I have not seen any complaints about the HP pavillion either, which is >what leads me to believe that it should be ok. Also HP seems to support linux >insofar as printers and other periferals are concerned. Drivers are available >for their printers and cameras so unless they have a really weird bunch of >hardware you should be ok. Have you turned the plugnplay off in the bios? >Not familiar with the bios in a HP but if there is a line that says "Plug and >Play OS - yes or no" try it with "no" or "off". HTH > >-- >Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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