On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 22:31:15 +0000 duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a problem with 8.1 can anyone help please? > > I have PII233 128Mb ram and ATI rage turbo agp graphics card,NE2000 > compatible network card and generic scsi isa card for blackwidow > scanner. > > I am flummoxed, every time I try to boot from cdrom to install 8.1 > the install locks up (during expert) or reboots on other install > options. > > The error at lockup is always > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block0 > Uncompressing <0> CPU 0 :Machine Check Exception:1604 > > Bank 0:b200008000000800 > > Bank 3:b200000000080a01 > > Kernel panic:CPU context corrupt > > > This happens with 8.0 and 7.2 and suse7.3. > > It did not happen with redhat 6.1 or mandrake 6.0. > > I have PII233 128Mb ram and ATI rage turbo agp graphics card,NE2000 > compatible network card and generic scsi isa card for blackwidow > scanner. > > I have changed the bios in loads of combinations but nothing works. > > I would love to get 8.1 working so that once tested I can install it on > my main workday computer and perhaps laptop. > > I have been using mandrake since 6.0 but have never come across this > problem. > > > Regards Duncan Bayne Hi, I found this on http://www.google.com/linux?restrict=linux&q=Machine+Check+Exception&btnG=Google+Search : http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-18/0143.html : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: what causes Machine Check exception? revisited (2.2.18) Alan Cox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon, 7 May 2001 11:57:17 +0100 (BST) > After searching the archives of the list I found some similar reports > from September and December 2000 but as far as I understood the cause of > the error was blamed on the CPU. Is this the most probable case? A machine check (trap 18) is signalled by the processor when it thinks it is in an invalid state. Many x86 cpus have checking circuitry and the default behaviour is to either reboot or continue-and-pray. Linux enables notification of these events. So yes your processor was unhappy. But it can be unhappy because of wrong voltages, electrical noise, overheating and many other things. Generally it indicates a CPU problem but I've see it caused by overclocking and poorly fitted heatsinks --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Frans
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