This problem has been solved. The M810 board allocates part of system RAM as video RAM. The kernel panic happens when there is not sufficient space to load the ramdisk because some of it has been allocated for video ram. The problem is completely solved by giving the appropriate boot option mem=xxx
-- Bjarne On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 21:37, Bjarne Thomsen wrote: > We get kernel panic while trying to install LM8.2 > on a pc266 m810 motherboard with an Athlon. > The same happens when trying to install RedHat 7.2. > But it does install using the 2.2.19 kernel on the > LM8.2 install CDROM. > > A google search gave mixed results: > One person had a kernel panic while installing RH 7.2. > Another person had the same MB running fine with RH 7.2. > The question was raised if this problem could be a > speed problem. > > Does anybody know if this problem is a speed problem > or something else? Or does anybody know anything else > about the pc266 m810 MB? > > -- Bjarne > > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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