Linux Doesnt Install ---plzz help.

[Veena Gudi <Veena Gudi xoriant com>]

> Hi guys...
> 
> 	I these questions might sound very naive... But plzz help.. I am
> stuck up with my installation..
> 	Plz have the patience to go thru my story...
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> 	1. I had installed RedHat Linux 6.1 GNUWorkstaion on my secondary
> master hard disk of my machine.. It got installed properly on hdc drive..
> 	2. Next day i tried to boot my system.. it gave me a kernel panic
> error with some stack dump.. So i decided re-install by booting from my
> CDRom.. it gave kernel 		panic again?
> 	3. . Then i made my hard disk my primary master... and i Booted my
> system with the Linux installed harddisk as my Primary master (hda) .. It
> gave "LI" and 		stopped.
> 	4 I tried installing on hda using my CDRom... it gave me a kernel
> panic error with some stack dump..
> 	5. I tried installing in expert mode with the command "linux
> root=/dev/hda1". it booted... started recognising my hardware config and
> then suddenly restarted the computer!!!!... and installing it with "linux
> root=/dev/hda2" , "linux root=/dev/hda3"  gives me a kernel panic.
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> 	I dont understand what happened.. I am really stuck.. why cannot i
> reformat my HDD using the Installation CD.. why is that giving problems..
> 	Is any thing gone wrong with my hard ware config.. I dont
> understand.. I suppose i have tried all the possible combinations i could
> think of... But it doesnt work..
> 	Plzz plzz help
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> Veena S Gudi
> Software Engineer
> Xoriant Solutions
> 
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