You don't by chance have a 486 or anything like that, do you? It seems
like the kernel is looking for some device that doesn't exist.
How far into the boot does it get? Usually, that is the best way to
tell. We can pull up the system log, but that gets quite detailed,
probably more than we want to do over email.
If you can, bring it in on a Thursday, and we will be sure to mess it up
and then get it to work.
-----Original Message-----
From: James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 12:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kernel panic!
I'm trying to install any version of Linux, but most recently I'm trying
to install an iso of Mandrake 7.0. I have been having problems
installing
for the last couple of weeks, and this is the most common error I get
when
trying to install or boot Mandrake:
"Unable to handle Kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000002a"
"Kernel panic: attempt to kill the idle task"
I have tried a new hard drive, and new motherboard. I have even taken
the new hard drive and installed it in my windows box and was able to
install Mandrake 7.0, but when I reboot (while it is still in the
windows
box) I get an "Primary HDD error" then I hit F1 to proceed and it tells
me
I don't have the appropriate boot disk in. Why would I need a boot disk
to start an already installed Linux?
If I take that same HD and move it over to my future Linux box, I get
the
error I first posted when starting up.
Thanks for any suggestions.
james
