Installation woes - Core 4

[Amadeus W. M.]

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 06:59:13 -0400, Ed Smits wrote:

> Just got a new workstation for the house, tried to install Core 4
> (from CD). As soon as it starts, I get the kernel loading dots, and
> then it immediately screws up and hangs. The messages are
> approximately:
> 
> kernel_thread_helper
> a bunch of code
> <0>kernel panic - not syncing
> attempted to kill ini!!
> panic
> do_exit
> die
> do_invalid
> 
> and on until the last line reads:
> kernel_thread_helper
> 
> and it's hung.
> 
> It is a new system, so I took the disks to another machine, started
> the install, checked all 4 disks, all OK, tried again, same thing.
> 
> As a joke I had a DVD of Mandrake 10.1 Community from last fall, it
> installed perfectly, so I wondered what was up. By chance I discovered
> a forgotten DVD of Fedora Core 4 Test 1, it installed no problem, so I
> figured maybe I needed to try a new download - using Torrent I
> downladed the Core 4 DVD overnight, burned it, exactly the same thing,
> hung again.
> 
> Any ideas what could be going on? I specifically haven't included a
> hardware list with this email, I figure if a year old Mandrake and a
> Test 1 can be installed it shouldn't be a hardware thing.
> 
> I'm a relative newbie, used Mandrake for a year, had to give it up for
> work reasons, now have a machine at home I can learn on, want to run
> Fedora (didn't learn enough with Mandrake, too easy)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> ED


It's voodoo. Type "voodoo" at the initial boot prompt. It'll complain it
can't boot "voodoo". At the next boot prompt just type return and off you
go. Try it. Seriously.