Re: Cannot complete install. Locking up.

[Rik Thomas <rikt impaqcomp com>]

I was unsuccessful putting 2.0.30 on my TX based box.  But it doesn't mean
it won't load, I just gave up and switched to a new box, mine did not
reboot it gave a kernel panic.  

You did not however go into detail about your partitioning?  Do you have a
partition (unformatted) set aside for your install of Linux?  It sounds
like you are installing or trying to install to your existing
partition...is that true?  Do you get to the point where you select
packages?  or is this the initial boot from the first disk?  List the exact
steps you take until is reboots.  It is kinda hard to answer your question
from what you have given us.

Rik

At 08:33 AM 11/28/97 -0800, Owen Davies wrote:
>
>I posted a message a week or so ago, but so far have recieved only 1
>response which did not attemt to answer any of my questions, so let me
>try again with more details.
>
>Whenever I try to install RedHat Linux 4.2 (Intel, on CD rom) my
>computer reboots before it can complete the installation.  I get the
>boot prompt, then initrd.img (followed by dots) then vmlinuz (with dots)
>then a screen of text which pops up too quickly to read after which it
>immediately reboots.
>
>Here are the specifics of the hardware I am trying to install on:
>- Iwill P55XB2 (TX chipset)
>- Pentium 233MMX
>- Award Modular Bios V4.51PG
>- 64MB of SDRAM
>- 6.4 GIG quantum fireball ST Ultra-IDE
>- ATAPI IDE CD-rom drive
>- Diamond Viper V330
>- SB 16 value edition (not PnP thank god!)
>- NE200 network
>
>The hard drive currently has one 2 gigabyte partition with FAT16 and
>Windows 95 installed (of course this should not matter as I was booting
>off of a floppy and I dont believe it ever touched the HDD.) 
>
>I read on the RedHat site in the hardware compatibility list that the
>current kernel is incompatible with TX chipset motherboards, However one
>person told me that he had 3 TX computers running with no problems.  Is
>my problem a symptom of TX chipset incompatibility?  Or is it some other
>problem that I need to fix.
>
>Also, the RedHat webpage said that Kernel versions 2.1.x will probably
>work.  Where can I find these versions and is it possible to use a
>different kernel during the install?  maybe by replacing vmlinuz on the
>boot disk?
>
>Thank you,
>Owen Davies (owend jps net)
>
>P.S.  I've seen some other messages get 10 replies within a day but mine
>got only 1 after a week or more.  I would appreciate it if a few people
>would send me e-mail (direct, not to the list) just to let me know if I
>am reaching the whole mailing list.
>
>
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