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Description of problem: anaconda dies with BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000014 A reboot must occur. The machine does not progress. This is sporadic. It occurred 2/5 times. Which is to say three of the times it didn't happen. I was able to install Fedora 16 on the equipment. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): this is anaconda off of the repository, so it's anaconda-16.25-1.fc16.i686 How reproducible: 2/5 times. It's got to be a timing thing. Steps to Reproduce: 1. install F16 2. 3. Actual results: as shown in the picture nearby Expected results: F16 installs normally Additional info: Fedora 16 was installed on this machine successfully.
Created attachment 565850 [details] anaconda crash exhibit #1 I'm submitting a picture because there's no text access to the box at this early stage in the boot process.
Created attachment 565851 [details] anaconda crash, exhibit #2
Do you see this with an updated F16 kernel? We're on 3.2.7 now.
This is a greenfield install aganist a local copy of the vanilla Fedora 16 repository rsync .../fedora-enchilada/linux/releases/16 It which sees find ./replica/16/Fedora/i386 -name 'kernel*' | sort ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-debug-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-debug-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-headers-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAE-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAEdebug-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAEdebug-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-PAE-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-tools-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm ./replica/16/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-tools-devel-3.1.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm Indeed, I see 3.2 in updates http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/16/i386/ I wasn't working off of updates for the initial installs. I can.
[mass update] kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. Please retest with this update.