Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 52970
7.1 installation ( kernel issue ? )
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:36:47 EDT
Description of Problem: 7.1 wont install on a Protek 154AA Cyrix M-II 233 on a EPoX ep-5bvpxb original RH CD's ( boxed set ) The installation disk boots the install Select text or any other option and hit enter goes like this loading.................... vnlinuz.............. ( dump ) then Kernel Panic tried to kill init ! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 7.1 How Reproducible: Same way as described. I did went to my sister in law who has the same model and brand.The same happens also on her machine. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Insert disk 2.Start install ( on that type of machine )type any option 3.Watch it stop dead in it's track Actual Results: Fatal error.RedHat 7.1 cant be installed at all from a boxed set of CD's. Brand new. Expected Results: Would have expected it to upgrade my actual 7.0 Additional Information: I have tried to upgrade the kernel with the 3 different ones on the cd.no go.( the 1 386 586 and 686 ) ( yes i did modify lilo.conf and run lilo ) i have been on this since monday. I tried power management off I tried with a boot disk.That was interresting. I used the 7.0 boot disk then i was able to install but the new install ends it's boot with the same dump/halt/message combo. Then i reinstalled 7.0. This morning i removed all the pc cards except the video card anbd tried to install same thing no go. I beleive the 2.4.2 series kernel can't be used with this machine.
Can you try to boot with 'linux ide=nodma'? Does that help?
sorry no the linux ide=nodma has been tried also been tried in the lilo.conf to use lba32 instead of linear same result. anything else you can think about ill gladly try : ) before submitting this report i spent like 20 hours serious work on this. Thanks for answering Richard
Newly tried to solve. I upgraded the BIOS this morning same result. I used a config file from the kernel-source and built a kernel using the 2.4.9 tar.gz from kernel.org it builds and runs ,though for some reason i cant get on the net using pppoe.Still this further demonstrates that the kernel as provided dosent run on my machine.Also this points a finger at a RH patch that's incompatible with a Cyrix M-II 233 on an EPoX Motherboard. Regards Richard Hebert
I need the dump trace values, in paticular the segment registers, EIP, and calltrace Alan