Bug 161423

Summary:	Kernel Panic when starting installation
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Allan Mullan <ammullan>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Version:	4
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Description Allan Mullan 2005-06-23 09:59:14 UTC

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Description of problem:
When I press Enter to start the Fedora 4 installation I get a "Kernel Panic - Not Syncing! Attempted to kill init." message.

I have tested installing Fedora Core 3 on the same machine and that worked fine.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-10.2.1.5-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot from Fedora Core 4 CD 1 or DVD
2. Press Enter
  

Actual Results:  Kernel Panic error

Expected Results:  Start installation (at least get to the Media Checking tool

Additional info:

Am running the following hardware:

Pentium 4 2.8Mhz
1024 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 160GB S-ATA HDD (wondering if there is something not compatible with this drive ???)
128MB GeForce FX5200 Video Card

Comment 1 Rahul Sundaram 2005-06-24 11:57:44 UTC

can you check if you workaround in 

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159026 resolves this problem?

Comment 2 Allan Mullan 2005-06-25 01:02:01 UTC

I entered random text at the boot prompt and it gave me the "Cannot find kernel"
message and then I was able to just press enter to start the install.

Thanks heaps for pointing that one out Rahul.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2005-06-27 20:23:31 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 159026 ***