[rhn-users] kernel panic during install of RHEL ES v 4

[Pete Masse]

By any chance is this machine using a SATA drive(s) as apposed to IDE?

Pete

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alfred Hovdestad" <alfred.hovdestad at usask.ca>
To: "Red Hat Network Users List" <rhn-users at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic during install of RHEL ES v 4


> Do you have a floppy drive in this system?  I don't know if it will help 
> but you could try booting off of the floppy drive.    ;-)
>
>    Alfred
>
>
>
> Brian Gray wrote:
>>
>> I have a running RHEL ES v3 system that I want to upgrade to ES v4.  It 
>> is a test/experiment system, so I plan to wipe it clean and start over 
>> with v4.  I get a "kernel panic" error during the install process.
>>
>> I downloaded the "Easy ISO" images and made CDs.  When I boot from disk 
>> 1, I press <enter> when prompted, and a few seconds later the system 
>> kernel panics.  The RedHat knowledgebase describes a similar problem with 
>> v3 on some IBM hardware configurations, and suggests running the install 
>> with the command: "linux mem=<some memory size>" to limit the amount of 
>> RAM used during the install.
>>
>> When I do that, I get the message: "Uncompressing Linux...OK, booting 
>> kernel".  The computer then hangs at that point.  No further activity is 
>> seen on the screen or CD drive.  Running the installation with the 
>> "noprobe" option does not seem to change anything.
>>
>> The CD boots correctly on another computer and passes the media check. 
>> The old v3 install disks work correctly on my target system.  There seems 
>> to be some interaction between the v4 installation disk and that hardware 
>> configuration.  The hardware is an HP Pavillion P4-2.6GHz with 1GB RAM. 
>> The CD drive is a CD-RW IDE.
>>
>> I can't find anything else in web searches.  What else can I try?
>>
>> bkg
>>
>>
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