Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: RC3
uname -a: ??? 2.6.8-2-386 / 2.4.27-2-386 (from initial msg while boot)
Date: 20 april 2005
Method: Installed from CD.
Machine: PC clone - ASUS A7V400-MX motherboard
Processor: AMD Sempron 3000+
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE Maxtor - 2 x (6B120P0)
Root Size/partition table: Not yet defined
Output of lspci: Could not arrive
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD:[ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions:[ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
System won't boot properly, not even arriving to a language selection screen.
I have tried to boot directly from boot prompt, and using _linux26_
parameter, and both of them end up in the same situation: Kernel
panic: Attempted to kill the iddle task.
However, there is a big difference among both boot options. While
_linux26_ always arrives to the same point, _linux24_ does NOT, which
sounds very strange to me.
I'll finish the explanation after the boot messages:
- These are ONE version of the boot messages for linux24 boot (each
boot has its own numbers):
--
(...)
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 80c08
printing eip:
c029245f
*pde=
Oops: 0002
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010: [c029245f]Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010283
EIP is at mem_init +0x73/0x1b1Not sure?
eax: ..
esi:
ds: ..
Process swapper (pid:1, stackpage:ddfeb000)
Stack:
Call Trace: [c0105058] [00106ca4] [c0105051] start_kernel +0x10b/0x192
Code: c7 04 90 00 00 00 00 42 3b 15 c8 b9 29 c0 7c eb 83 fb 04 7e
0Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the iddle task!
STOP
--
- These are the boot messages for linux26 boot (each boot ends up in
the same numbers):
--
(...)
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e033e308
printing eip:
c03127b5
*pde=
Oops: [#1]
PREEMPT
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010: [c03127b5]Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010293 (2.6.8-2-386)
EIP is at mem_init +0x73/0x1b1
eax: ..
esi:
ds: ..
Process swapper (pid:0, threadinfo=c0306000 task=c0288a40)
Stack: 0009 74c0 0001dff0 0004 026a
00039100 c033d120 00385007 c03085bf c033e5c0 c010019f
Call Trace: [c03085bf] start_kernel +0x10b/0x192
Code: 83 be f4 e2 33 c0 01 75 44 8b 86 e4 e2 33 c0 8b 96 e8 e2 33
0Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the iddle task!
In iddle task - not syncing
STOP
--
* ADDITIONAL NOTES:
=
- System was assembled by myself from different pieces, it's not a branded PC.
- There are a couple of lines which are missing in the 2.4 kernel
(PREEMPTIVE, Modules linked in:).
- Kernel's 2.4 behavior is very strange: every boot shows different
parameters, with even different messages, but in the end, they all
finish in Attempted to kill the iddle task. Some of this mesages
include:
--
0 Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the iddle task!
In iddle task - not syncing
--
Segmentation fault
0 Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the iddle task!
--
0 Aiee, killing interrupt handler
In iddle task - not syncing
--
- I also tried to boot the system using a Knoppix CD, with different
results depending on the version, parameters, keyboard and monitor.
Hope this helps to debug this problem. Should you need any aditional
info which I could provide, please don't hesitate to ask for it.
Thanks for your work!
Sergio
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