Bug 38732

Summary:	Kernal panics on Install running /sbin/loader
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Nathan L <sndguru>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0
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Description Nathan L 2001-05-02 13:10:59 UTC

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displays error message:

OOPS: 0002
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<c011f962>]

continues with dump at end says

Aiee, killing interrupt handler
Kernel panic: attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task - not syncing


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Put CD in Drive
2. Press Enter at boot prompt
3. enjoy error message

VERY easy to reproduce :)
	

Actual Results:  System just halted, Ctrl-Alt-Del still worked through?

Expected Results:  Hopefully linux installing

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-05-02 13:18:46 UTC

could you try adding "no-hlt" or "no_hlt" to the syslinux line like:
"linux no-hlt" ?

Comment 2 Nathan L 2001-05-02 14:40:03 UTC

I have tried linux no-hlt with no luck.  still during "running /sbin/loader" 
comes up with all errors as per last time. I'm getting my hands on redhat 7.1 
tomorrow and see if same problem, would like to have linux working today 
though. thankz for your help so far.

Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2001-05-21 10:02:49 UTC

Did 7.1 work ?

Comment 4 Nathan L 2002-09-06 11:33:27 UTC

No, had memory problems, (more memory required) then gave up. Need new 
computer. for my linux box, oneday. Thankz