Description of problem: Install fails with Kernel panic Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Boot from FC2 Disk 1 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from FC2 Disk 1 2. At prompt, type 'linux mediacheck' 3. Actual results: Startup seems normal, but stops at '/sbin/loader' After long pause, panics with following message: <0> Kernel panic: Fatal exception interrupt In interrupt handler - not syncing I've verified the md5sum of the downloaded .iso, burned it twice and compared the resulting discs (identical). Similar results on two machines P-II, 512 memory. Both machines are successfully running FC1 with all applicable patches. Expected results: Additional info:
Partial solution (one of two machines) is to add pci=off when booting the setup cd. This is on an Intel 440BX motherboard, which while old is still fairly common.
Strange. 440BX shouldn't be problematic at all - it doesnt seem to be for others. Is there any unusual hardware in the system ?
The system is plain vanilla..one ATA hard drive, one ATA CD. Once installed it has been stable. The system is being controlled using an ICS-124 KVM switch, and did require that I add 'psmouse.proto=bare' to the kernel line in grub.conf.
Is this possibly bug 115458 ? Can you compare the panic information to the info in that bug and comment?
This problem is still present in Fedora Core 3 test 2
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