[K12OSN] Kernel panic
Edward Holcroft
edward at netday.org.za
Wed Aug 31 16:41:36 UTC 2005
ha, don't even mention MSI - I stopped using them and never had
trouble with Intels until now. I'll give the BIOS update a try
tomorrow when I'm back in the office and will give feedback on
success/failure.
ed
On 31 Aug 2005, at 6:34 PM, Huck wrote:
> I don't know...
> I had some MSI board that would NEVER boot with the 4.2 disc...but
> 4.1 was fine...never figured a fix for that..just decided to use
> debian and backuppc for that box =)
> The Intels tho...were just finicky(sp)..
>
> --Huck
>
> Edward Holcroft wrote:
>
>> I'll try your suggestion, but why would some mb's work on 4.2 and
>> not on 4.4 (at least not without coaxing).
>> ed
>> On 31 Aug 2005, at 5:16 PM, Huck wrote:
>>
>>> all of the Intel mobo's I've purchased have notoriously come
>>> with OLD bios code...one even prevented using the dual
>>> processors on the board...
>>>
>>> I'd check to make sure you don't need to flash the bios with an
>>> upgrade on Intel's website to ensure that's not the problem.
>>>
>>> It was for me when I was upgrading one box from k12ltsp4.0 to 4.2
>>> I believe.
>>>
>>> --Huck
>>>
>>> Edward Holcroft wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi List
>>>> I get an error "kernel panic - not syncing" when trying to
>>>> instal K12LTSP.
>>>> Upon googling I came across this strange solution:
>>>> type "linux garbage" and hit enter
>>>> or
>>>> type "garbage" at the install prompt, hit enter twice and
>>>> voila. Go figure. But it worked (mostly using this second
>>>> option). Until now, that is.
>>>> Someone says it's to a common problem with Intel and certain
>>>> other specific motherboards, but I've never had this issue
>>>> before, with all the dozens of Intel MB's I've used in the
>>>> past. Furthermore, I now have two machines, with Intel MB's
>>>> that will not buy the solution mentioned above - they just
>>>> keep giving a kernel panic. Perhaps I should add that some
>>>> machines installed fine under K12LTSP 4.2.1 but needed the
>>>> workaround under 4.4.0 These new motherboards that I got today
>>>> don't even want to install the old versions of K12LTSP right
>>>> back to 4.1.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> ed
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