* Malcolm Johnston ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On trying to install an already set-up version of Slackware 11 (it is > running in an Athlon XP (761) box), from a bootable CD-ROM I got the > message "Kernel Panic" and the the machine hung. Does anyone have any > idea of why this might be happening. I have personally done about 10 > Linux installations, and, while there have been occasional problems > (usually to do with specific cards or drivers) I have not encountered > anything like this before. (Incidentally, the Windows installation was > OK). Normally, as I understand it, Linux will, maybe with a little > tweaking, run on anything Windows will.
> Suggestions would be very welcome, as I do not want to risk damaging my > hardware until I have a better idea of what is going on. I can find > nothing on the net which helps: even the address of a discussion group > would be a benefit. > Malcolm Johnston Maybe you need to use the -noapic option while booting. AMD machines can need this. Sometimes with the install, there is a "Install with special options" option, sometimes accessed via F4 when you're at the initial choices area of your install CD. YMMV, but with a recent install, when I typed "-noapic" during the install process, that option was included in the grub options. This was with Ubuntu. hth, Nick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
