From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 Description of problem: Install hangs after memory check: Checking if this processor honors the WP bit even in supervisor mode <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c0000000 printing eip: *pde=00001063 *pte=00000025 Oops: 0003 CPU: 0 Etp: 0060:[<c01143eb>] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010206 EIP is at (2.4.20-6BOOT) . . . . <o> Kernel panic: Attempting fo kill the idel task! In idle task -not syncing At this point I have to power cycle to reboot. Thanks for any help. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.begin install 2. 3. Actual Results: Install hangs in both graphic and text modes Expected Results: Installation proceeds Additional info: Computer is a Dell GXMT5166
This is a known problem for the original boxed set CD-ROM. You will find the paperwork with it contains instructions on how to get a free update CD (the bug was caught very late alas). The net iso images have the bug fixed as do later CD-ROM's