[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
>
>
>
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