[SOLVED] LINUX OS crashing

[shaaquille]

hi every body
i am a newbie and this is my 1st post in linux
i was trying to install OEL 5.6 on VMware .

i have done all the installation steps correctly and when the installation is complete and i try to reboot then my linux sytem crashes
giving this error
“Panic on CPU 0
General protection fault
error_code 0000 :”

i am getting the options of selecting the kernal and when i select it ,it produces some code and then this error is generated and OS restarts .
i am a student and donot know much about linux.
plz plz help me
i have performed this installation 3 times
looking forward to any response.
thanx in advance .
REGARDS !

[Rubberman]

I'm not familiar with OEL Linux. Also, you aren't specifying what OS you are using to host VMware. Please provide more information about OEL, what OS you are hosting VMware on, whether you are running your host OS in 32-bit or 64-bit mode, what CPU you are using, what version of VMware you are using, whether you are trying to run a 32-bit or 64-bit system in the virtual machine, etc.

[reed9]

I think OEL = Oracle Enterprise Linux.

[Rubberman]

I think OEL = Oracle Enterprise Linux.

Ah! It is a RHEL clone, much like CentOS. In any case, my other questions are still relevant.

[shaaquille]

hi every body
thanx for your replies.
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yeah its Oracle enterprise Linux.
and its just like RHEL.
i am using windows xp sp2 32b in my laptop.
i have installed VMware 5
and i was installing OEL 5.4 32bit over this vm .
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some more information .
i had actually installed OEL successfully over it and i actually worked with it for 2 or 3 days then again for my own practice i actually decided to re-install again and then this issue happened.

2-when i try to boot from the 1st cd it actually gave me the error that
"kernal panic: could not sync.reboot with noapic option"
when at i made my 1st installation(successful one) somehow for one time it dint give me this error.and after my successful installation every time i had to start it i used edit kernel and used to write "noapic" and it would start.

now when i tried to perform re-installation it did not boot from CD so again i used this "noapic" to start my installation.
does this have to do something with this ???

3-when installation completed and i hit reboot button i actually saw some lines of code and it was "disabling swap"
does this have to do with error ??

i think i have provided you enough details.
plz help me i am not good with linux.
thnx in advance
REGARDS !

[Rubberman]

Last question first. When the system shuts down, swap is disabled. Not a problem.

Regarding noapic - that is the advanced programmable interrupt controller which some system hardware do not support well. That may be the case with the virtual hardware presented by VMware 5 on Windows, or by your actual hardware, so disabling it in the kernel with the noapic option will help as you have seen. In fact, I have had to use the noapic option with recent HP laptops and tablets. See if you can install OEL to use the noapic option by default.