Re: [newbie] Install on old hardware
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:21:31 + E wrote: |have you tried the alternet kernels? and have you tried the 'noapic' ? After countless attempts at installing 9.1, using alt0 and alt1 - along with the stock kernel, with and without 'noapic', the farthest I can get is packages beginning to install but halting at glibc in one case and perl in another using noapic with alt0, IIRC - it installed perl but when installing perl-base, it suddenly re-booted. I just now tried Libranet 2.7-Classic,and it gave me the same '0Kernel panic: Attempting to kill idle task! In idle task - not syncing ' message (from my O P) as it began the base system install. Any other suggestions? -- The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. - William James, 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion. Thomas Jefferson, September 28, 1820 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install on old hardware
On Monday 17 November 2003 03:15 am, C. Tresenriter wrote: After several attempts to install 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2 on a PT-5VMD mobo (VIA MVP3 chipset), I finally got through the formatting stage and packages began to install and then crashed with a (now) familiar message that I've seen at different stages - sometimes right after booting, sometimes when formatting failed: CPU: 0 Oops: 0002 EIP: 0010:[c010be96] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010002 eax: 07d10001 ebx: c0255460 ecx: edx: e00 esi: 000e00 edi: ebp: c0217e74 esp: c0217e4c ds: 0018 es: 0018 Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=c0217000) Stack: ff00 c0176888 0010 0202 0008 00d02400 c02554cc (etc two more rows here) Call Trace[c0176888] [c0189763] . (and two more rows here) Code 00 83 c4 0c c7 43 60 00 00 00 00 eb a1 90 fc 06 1e 50 55 57 0Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! In interrupt handler - not syncing The processor is an AMD K6 - 400 with 131 MB RAM and a Seagate 4.3 Gb hard disk. I'm guessing it's hardware related. Anyone have a clue what's happening? TIA have you tried the alternet kernels? and have you tried the 'noapic' ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install on old hardware
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:21:31 + E wrote: [] |have you tried the alternet kernels? and have you tried the 'noapic' ? linux noapic goes as far as formatting the first partition and hangs with the caps lock and scroll lock lit up on the keyboard. I seem to remember doing an alternate kernel install with 7.0 or 8.1, starting the install with the second disk and being given a choice of kernels. I tried starting with the second disk (this is 9.0), it asked for the first one and I said 'alt1' at the prompt... it seems to be working- it's gone farther than every other attempt so far. (later) I had put the third disc in before I had to leave, just got home and found the hard drive and CD ROM lights both lit and a blank screen but it wouldn't wake. Re-booted and it gets as far as recognizing the HD and CD ROM, then Verifying DMI Pool Data and just sits there. I'll run through it again and see what happens. -- The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. - William James, 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
