Re: Need some advice re; installation

From: suckmysav (brettg_at_home.net)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:58:59 +1100

"Mr. Bob" <bungalowbob@concost.net> wrote in message
news:i5Gdnbe1M-oZCg_cRVn-iA@comcast.com...
> Hi, I am a new guy to Linux and am having trouble getting the system
> installed. I have an AMD 1800 with 1/2 gig of memory, a cd-r, floppy,
> printer, keyboard/mouse all installed. The system is homemade but worked
> just fine with Win 98SE. Also the hard drive is a new - 40 gig with no OS.
> When I run the first cd the boot starts and than stops with the message
> "Kernel Panic fatal exception in interrupt - In interrupt handler - not
> syncing". If allowed to continue it the boot would keep repeating this
cycle
> over and over. Any suggestions as to how I can get past this problem and
get
> the OS installed? BTW, I am using another computer to post this.

What distribution are you using? You really should include that information
when trawling for help on the net. It's a bit hard to help someone when they
don't tell you what software they are using. Sort of like someone
complaining that they can't load "Windows" but not telling you which version
they have.

Also, you say the HDD is new. Did this "new" hard disk also work ok in Win98
or have you not actually tested that?

Is your HDD connected to a RAID controller by any chance? If so, you could
try hooking your HDD up to the standard non-RAID ide controller on your
motherboard and see what happens. If for some reason you are not able to do
this you will need to identify your RAID controller, download the
appropriate driver and load it manually yourself.

Good luck

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