Dell 260 runs RH7, panics on RHEL 4

[David Tonhofer, m-plify S.A.]

Steve Gaarder <gaarder1 at math.cornell.edu> wrote:

>> I have a Dell Optiplex 260, a P4 box with 1 GB of memory.  It's been
>> running Red Hat 7 for years.  When I try to boot the Red Hat Enterprise 4
>> install disk, the kernel panics.  WHen I move a hard drive containing a
>> RHEL4 installation to this machine and boot it, the kernel panics.
>> Knoppix will not boot either.  Memtest86 ran overnight without any errors.
>> I'm flummoxed!  Any ideas?

<ksonmez at tai.com.tr> answered:

>> Hello Steve,
>> I have a similar problem with HP xw9300
>>
>> When the prompt is displayed: boot: _
>> At the boot prompt, enter   linux acpi=off

Steve Gaarder <gaarder1 at math.cornell.edu> replied:

> I tried that - no improvement; it still blows up.

Any further information given at boot time? What are the last messages
given?

-- David