Have a AMD K6-III/333Mhz PC w/128MB of memory on an FIC motherboard (model PA2013); 30GB HD. Trying to install OS on PC. Unable to install. Installer runs initrd.img and vmlinuz but then fails. Receive the following info: code:<1> Unable to handle kernal null pointer dereferece at virtual address 00000080. Current->tss.cr3=00101000, %cr3=0010100 *pde=00000000 oops:0000 CPU: 0 EIP=0010:[] Eflags=00010046 eax=00000080 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000081 edx=00000001 esi=00098800 edi=c7f36000 ebp=c8800000 esp=c7f3bebc process swapper (pid:1,process nr:1,stackpage=c7f3b000) I submitted a case (#166047) with tech support but they are unable to determine the problem. They suggested I submit a bug request through bugzilla.
Have you been able to install Linux on this machine before?
No... I have never been able to install it on my machine.
May be a kernel related issue, reassigning.
I assume the machine runs/ran another OS. Is that os reasonably stable on this hardware?
Yes, I was successful in loading Windows 98 on the same machine. I reformatted my hard drive and loaded Windows 98 without any problems. I removed Windows 98 and tried to reload Linux OS but keep failing at the same point. I returned the motherboard and chip to the supplier. I now have an Intel board and chip. The install had no problems with that motherboard/chip combo.
I'm marking this as "WORKSFORME" because the closest hardware equivalent we have here does not experience this problem and you (reasonably enough!) don't have the hardware to test against any more. If anyone else sees the same problem with exactly the same hardware, open another bug report to avoid spamming Steve with information about hardware he no longer has, and we'll work with it from there.