[expert] 7.2 Install causes segfault

[Helsby, James]

I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 on one of my systems. But every time, I run into the same snag. The system will install just fine, even the boot-loader will be installed correctly. But, the system will seg-fault on the ramdisk image. It will get as far as to try to match up the CPU type. The last message before segfault, states that it is trying to disable the cpuid numbers. This is a Duron system, and doesn’t use cpuid numbers. In talking with various people, they all concluded that the kernel is some how thinking that the cpu is a P3, and trying to disable it through p3 routines. Does anyone have any idea how to work around this? I was told that it is a restriction of the kernel, that it doesn’t handle the AMD chip very well. Anyone else had an experience like this? I have since installed redhat 7.0 (which uses kernel 2.2.16). This installed without any hiccups. The Mandrake kernel is 2.2.17-mdk21. A newer kernel version. I would like to use mandrake, since this is more of a desktop system than a server. Any help would be great. Stats are below.   Cheers,             James.   AMD Duron 700 Asus A7V MB 1Gb Memory (2x 512mb 133mhz cas2 ECC) ATI raedon 64ddr AGP Voodoo3 3000 PCI 2 60Gb ata100 7200rpm 2 80Gb ata66 7200rpm 12x DVD-ROM 12x CDRW Intel pro/100+ Intel pro/1000+ (gigabit, optical) SOUNDblaster live x-gamer