Big problem installing redhat 9

04-13-2005	#1 (permalink)
LoneSoldier Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8	Big problem installing redhat 9 Ok i have a problem, i'm attempting to create a dual boot system my master hdd having a XP os, and a slave drive with the redhat 9 os. However it all installs ok, configured the video card (mine isn't listed so i had to set it at generic vesa 128mb), and set my monitor to unprobed (again my monitor wasn't on the list.). But when it comes to reboot the system, it reboots i get the boot loader, i select redhat to load i get a bunch of garbage on the screen about kernals then the system crashes. Something about "Kernalanic! kernal kill init" or something. Can anyone help me here? I'm running this machine: AMD Sempron 512mb ram 128mb ASUS V415 video card 80gb HDD (XP os) 20gb HDD (slave-redhat) Benq LCD flat screen monitor (FP531)

04-13-2005	#2 (permalink)
Flatline Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,204	The exact error message would be a big help. Kernel panics are not gui-related, so I don't see your vid card or monitor being the problem there (although you may have to jump through some hoops to get them working properly later). Out of curiosity, is there any reason that you went with such an old distro? __________________ There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. - Jeremy S. Anderson

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The exact error message would be a big help. Kernel panics are not gui-related, so I don't see your vid card or monitor being the problem there (although you may have to jump through some hoops to get them working properly later).

Out of curiosity, is there any reason that you went with such an old distro?

Exact error...lol...there is no messgae just numbers and poop. The screen moves so fast, all i get is the end load of garbage.

I went with redhat 9 because thats all i had, and i got it umm last year free with a book.
EDIT: I'll reboot again and write down exactly what it says on the screen, at the end (it moves fast).

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Heres what i get on my screen:

Code:

*pde=00000000
0ops:0000
CPU:0
EIP:0060:[<c010ab2c>] Not Tainted
EFLAGS:00010002

EIP is at disable [Kernal] 0x4c (2.4.20-6)
eax:00000000 epx:fffff680 ecx:ffffffed edx:c036ef80
esi:00000293 edi:00000000 ebp:ffffffed esp:dffb9f48
ds:0068 es:0068 ss:0068

process swapper (pid: 1, stackpage=dffb9000
stack fx6ed 00000000 c03c9e80 c01bd14c ffffffed 00000000 c031s9a0 00000000
c03c9e80 00000000 00000000 c01bdc28 c03c9e80 00000000 00000028 00000001
00000001 00000001 00000001 00000001 00000001 00000001 00000001 00000001
Call trace:[<c01bd14c>] probe_hwif [Kernal] 0x27c (0xdffb9f54))
[<c01bdc28>] ideprobe_init [Kernal] oxb8 (0xdffb9f74))
[<c0105053>] init [Kernal] 0x13 (0xdffb9f74))
[<c0105040>] init [Kernal] 0x0 (0xdff9fe0))
[<c010742d>] Kernal_thread_helper [Kernal] 0x5 (0xdffb9ff0))

Code: ff 50 10 eb d0 eb 0d 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
<0>Kernal panic: Attempted to kill init!

04-13-2005	#5 (permalink)
Flatline Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,204	Usually failures like that are from bad media or bad hardware. Did you test your media at the beginning of the install? Overclocking can also do weird things...do you have any overclocking options set in your BIOS? __________________ There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. - Jeremy S. Anderson

04-13-2005	#6 (permalink)
LoneSoldier Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8	My macine isn't overclocked, and my hardware works fine with windows XP, this is a fairly new system only got it 2 months ago. What hardware could be causing the problem? Is it because i'm running a AMD? If redhat has problems with my system, is there any distro you could recommend that may work properly? EDT: i'm new with linux, my "redhat for dummies" book said it should test my video and monitor hardware with a "can you see this message" thingy - that never happened.

04-13-2005	#7 (permalink)
Flatline Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,204	If the system is that new then I'm not surprised you're having difficulties...RedHat 9 is several years old. If you want to stick with RedHat, then you should probably go with Fedora Core 3. If not, there are scores of other distros to choose from. __________________ There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. - Jeremy S. Anderson

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Originally Posted by LoneSoldier

What hardware could be causing the problem? Is it because i'm running a AMD?

No. Your processor brand doesn't matter in this case.

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04-13-2005	#9 (permalink)
LoneSoldier Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8	Well thanks for the help, shame it turned out this way. I've decided on Suse (recommended by a friend). And reformatted the HDD the old redhat was on, do you know if i need to do anything to prepare the hdd for the suse installation or is it like the redhat 9 with a auto partitioning thingy?

04-13-2005	#10 (permalink)
Flatline Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,204	It'll do autopartitioning for you. Of course, always check and make sure it's not doing anything to your WinXP partition, just to be anal. Is it Suse 9.2? That's the most recent (for the next week or so anyway). __________________ There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. - Jeremy S. Anderson

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