From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 Description of problem: Installer hangs with kernel panic error, WP function not supported right durring booting from Installation CD 1 of 3. No known work around. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Current Release Kernel-2.4.X-XX How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot from RedHat Linux 9 Instalation CD 1 of 3 in a x86 PC equip with an IDT/Centaur WinCHIP C6 step 00 processor. 2.Observe kernel panic error message about the WP function not supported by the Win CHIP processor. 3. Actual Results: Kernel panic... WP function not supported by this processor. Expected Results: The installation program should detect what processor chip the computer has and run the correct kernel to proceed with the installation of the Linux OS install process. Additional info:
Very odd. Does this happen with every Linux distro you've tried? My C6 died a very long time ago unfortunatly, so I can't test this..
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem persists. The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/