On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:45:36 GMT "Joe Sotham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This lloks like an upgrade gone horribly wrong... > > I am upgrading a system to an AMD 1700+/ MSI K7266A Pro2 board, 256MB PC2100 > RAM, duel booting Linux 8.1/Windows ME. I'm using the remaining equipment > from my old system. > > The windows ME side works fine. > > I have freshly installed Mandrake 8.1 three separate times at this point. > When I try to load linux, linux-nonfb, or failsafe I get the following > errors. > > PNP: PNP Bios version 1.0, entry at ..... > general protection fault: 00000 > > ..... a bunch of stuff. .... > > Bad EIP value > Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init > > ... and then a dead halt. > > > Heeeelp! > > Joe Sotham > > try to install > > Joe Sotham > ------------------------------ Looks like http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3 : Error scenario: Mandrake Linux 8.1 installs flawlessly on systems with K7T266 Pro2 Motherboards, but fails to boot after installation. Error message is "Bad EIP value". Why: The BiosPNP support in kernel 2.4.8 is broken for the KT266A chipset. Solution: Press "ESC" when you see the LILO bootloader screen, and type "linux nobiospnp". The system will boot correctly, giving you the change to edit /etc/lilo.conf. Add the "nobiospnp" option to every "append=" line in lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo, and reboot. -Frans
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