[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monday, December 24, 2001): >I tried the 'linux nobiospn' option also, and it is the same problem: >"Kernel panic! Attempted to kill init!". It seems the process starts up >and goes through more than a screen of startup stuff, then it freezes there. > >I am going to try and install it on an ancient Mint Pentium 200MHz >computer I have here with 92MB RAM and see if that works. If it does it >will confirm that the CD-ROM is ok and that there is some incompatibility >with Mandrake Linux on my HP. This HP is a real cheap system ($389 new at >Yodobashi Camera) and is sort of a minimal system: 400MHz Celeron, 4GB >HD, 192MB RAM and a USB network connection. > >doug > >p.s. Aside: In order to install on the old Mint I first have to install a >Redhat Linux I have here because the Mint doesn't boot from a CD-ROM and >I happen to have a Redhat boot floppy lying around. And my HP, which also >has Windows installed, doesn't include a floppy. So I am creating a >Redhat Linux system first just to create a boot floppy for Mandrake! > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monday, December 24, 2001): > >>On Sunday 23 December 2001 18:01, you wrote: >>> Hi. Thanks for the reply. I believe the ISO is good, and the CD-ROM was >>> "verified" after the burn. >>> >>> Have you heard of other HP Pavilion 2000's running Mandrake Linux? It >>> isn't on the Mandrake hardware list. >>> >>> Any other suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Doug Lerner, Tokyo >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monday, December 24, 2001): >>> >On Saturday 22 December 2001 20:47, you wrote: >>> >> Hi. I just downloaded the install ISO image for Mandrake 8.1 and burned >>> >> a CD-ROM from it. Then I restarted my computer and the Mandrake >>> >> installation program started up. I pressed Enter and after a bunch of >>> >> lines on the screen the process stopped with the following error >>> >> message: >>> >> >>> >> <0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! >>> >> >>> >> I tried this again, pressing F1 instead of Enter and choosing various >>> >> other installations, such as vgalo. But they all resulted in the same >>> >> error. >>> >> >>> >> Does this mean my hardware is just not supported? >>> >> >>> >> It is an HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion 2000, Celeron 400 MHz, 192 MB >>> >> RAM. >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> >>> >> Doug Lerner, Tokyo >>> > >>> >Should not be a problem. From what I have seen on the mail list. Are you >>> >>> sure >>> >>> >you have a clean download of the iso's by using checksums? It sounds >>> >>> like the >>> >>> >install CD is not good. If you burn a new one, burn it at a slow speed >>> > like 2x. HTH >>No, I have not seen any complaints about the HP pavillion either, which is >>what leads me to believe that it should be ok. Also HP seems to support >linux >>insofar as printers and other periferals are concerned. Drivers are >available >>for their printers and cameras so unless they have a really weird bunch of >>hardware you should be ok. Have you turned the plugnplay off in the bios? >>Not familiar with the bios in a HP but if there is a line that says >"Plug and >>Play OS - yes or no" try it with "no" or "off". HTH >> >>-- >>Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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