Kernel Panic during installation

[Rick Stevens]

Ilya Fainberg wrote:
> Hey ppl, i have this problem with installing my linux:
> OS: RedHat Enterprise Linux Version 4 AS
> Sys: P4 HT @3.0GHz
>      512 DDR RAM
>      80GB SATA HDD
>      Some Intel Mother board
>      BuiltIn LAN
>      BuiltIn Graphic Adapter
>      BuiltIn Audio
> 
> Ok, so there's the problem, I boot linux from the CD, it loads up and shows me the "boot:" thing so i say ok and hit the return key. The screen flickers and i get "Kernel panic not syncing attemped to kill init" That is after it tries to load something that is called kernel_thread_helper.
> 
> I tried any possible BIOS configuration and it doesn't work, i tried "linux mem=256M" and it still doesn't work, although i don't get a kernel panic when i write "linux mem=256" when i do that it simply shows me "Unpacking Linux.... ok booting kernel" and... that's it. it's stuck.
> 
> Dear RedHat experts, please help me with that problem for i have no idea what is wrong, i use redhat since RedHat Linux 5 and never had anything like that before.

Try doing a text-based install.  At the "boot:" prompt, enter

	linux text

and see how that goes.  It's not uncommon for GUI-based installs to have
issues.  You can configure the GUI after the system is installed.
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