>
> Richard, Ray:
> Thanks guys! I think you may have hit the nail on
> the head. I believe I have a hardware problem since
> when I reboot my machine, etc. (for the umpteenth
> time), it bombs at slightly different places (always
> after I set up my partitions in Druid). I had no idea
> my CPU was overclocked. How can I tell if my problem
> is CPU (AMD K6/266) or memory (64M)? I have succeeded
> in loading MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 on the machine.
It may not be of relavance, however there is a URL for this sort of problem,
it regards to signal 11 which is caused by memory problems and or a
overclocked cpu, it regards more to a running kernel but does give tips on
howto look for the problem, which may help you.
http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11
>
> By the way, I'm trying to load a commercial product,
> Linux-Mandrake 6.0 with RH 6.0 (the label on the box
> says its "enhanced"). It came with a CD and a boot
> disk. I've had the best luck loading with autoboot.bat
> in the dosutils directory on the CD. When I first
> tried it, I did not have MS-DOS and tried to boot with
> the linux boot disk. For some reason, the boot disk
> won't work any more (fails trying to load vmlinuz).
Well i cant see that the distribution is at fault, there should be no
differeance in installing this or any other distro.
What i would do in this case is firstly try changing the memory around if
possable, or try to obtain some other memory and put that in, then _IF_ the
cpu is over clocked slow it down, you will have to consult your motherboard
manuel for howto do that.
>
> Appreciate all the help you can give. Thanks!
>
>
> Richard Adams wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > At 11:13 PM 8/4/99 +0000, Richard Adams wrote [in part]:
> > > > [someone else wrote:]
> > > >>but while it is attempting to format the swap
> > > >> space partition, I get the message
> > > >>
> > > >> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> > > >> In swapper task - not syncing
> > > ...
> > > >BTW: i for one have never heard of any computer bombing out while installing
> > > >a new system, by bombing out i mean having a kernel panic happen.
> > >
> > > Richard - either you are luckier than me or you consistently use better
> > > hardware. I've seen this (kernel panic during install) many times, for many
> > > different reasons, including both bad hardware (floppy drive, target hard
> > > disk, motherboard/CPU) and bad install media (floppy or, once, the CD
> > > itself). But you are right in that the original poster didn't say enough to
> > > get a helpful answer. A **very** rough guess, just form when it occurred, is
> > > bad memory or a m'bd/CPU problem -- but I wouldn't put money on it.
> >
> > Well my hardware comes from a very reputable source namely a private
> > computer store which has been established for more than 15 years, not from
> > some supermarket chain who sells pc's at dump rock bottom prices.
> > I find that to be the cheapest way in the long run.
> >
> > Cheap memory is a very likley cause indeed, the reason i said overclocked
> > CPU was beacuse i saw K6/266 ( i think it was ) i have read somewhere that
> > that is a lower speed machine clocked high, anyway lets wait for some more
> > info.
> >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> > > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> > > Palo Alto, CA 94303-3603 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Regards Richard.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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Regards Richard.
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