Re: special install situation

From: Phil Schaffner (P.R.Schaffner_at_IEEE.org)
Date: 11/28/04

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    To: bjhyatt@myway.com, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 22:32:51 -0500

    On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 17:22 -0500, Bruce wrote:
    > I am trying to install FC2 on a box that now has win95. The cdrom
    > install gets as far as "running /sbin/loader" where it pauses for a
    > while then prints "Call Trace" and a bunch of memory addresses with
    > names suggesting that it can't get the cdrom started again and then it
    > kernel panics with message:
    >
    > "fatal exception in interrupt in interrupt handler. no syncing"

    Have you verified the media? Have you tried "ide=nodma"?
    http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showpost.php?p=2541&postcount=4

    > I've tried using the boot manager referred to on the fedora FAQ page
    > but the documentation is poor and I couldn't manage to make a boot
    > floppy from it.
    >
    > I also have an FC2 box and both have nics but I haven't found any
    > instructions how to install over a network.

    A google on "fc3 network install" turns up lots of relevant links. Here
    are a couple:

    http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-adv/network-install.htm
    http://www.mae.virginia.edu/linuxboot/

    A search of the list archives will also yield many hints.

    Phil 

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