Re: Can't Install RedHat Linux 9 on Cyrix ....

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 08:36:27PM +0430, amirghasemi alborzi com wrote:
>
> > Hi again,
> > I Checked My RAM.It has one error and I changed the bad ram.but I still have
> > the  Error.
> > Please help me .
> > PS:I found a bug about my problem on redhat BUGZILLA but I didn't find what
> > to do.the bug is:
> > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84785
> >
> > THX A lot Again.
>
>
> If I may jump in ... I'm surprised Rick didn't mention pulling and
> reseating cards and the CPU.  Subtle corrosion can develop over time,
> which is easily wiped off by that procedure.

That's a good suggestion, Bob.  Yes, I missed it.  I've had people
looking over my shoulder most of the time over the last few days
demanding attention and I just missed it.

Doh! :-(

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rick Stevens" <rstevens vitalstream com>
> > To: <amirghasemi alborzi com>; "Getting started with Red Hat Linux"
> > <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: Can't Install RedHat Linux 9 on Cyrix ....
> >
> >
> >
> > > amirghasemi alborzi com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I have a Cyrix 6x86 MX system and my mainboard name  is TOPGUN with 1MB
> > > > L2 Cache.
> > > > when I boot from redhat linux cd to install it for the first time I get
> > > > the following error and keyboard and system hangs.
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------
> >
> > > > Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor
> > > > mode.... <1> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
> > > > C0000000.
> > > >
> > > > printing eip:
> > > > c01143eb
> > > > *pde = 00001063
> > > > *pte = 00000025
> > > >
> > > > Oops: 0003
> > > > CPU: 0
> > > > ep: 0060:[<c01143eb>] not tainted
> > > > eflags: 00010206
> > > > Eip is at (2.4.20-6 Boot)
> > > > eax: 00000001 ebx: 00001000 ecx: 00000001 edx: c0000000
> > > > esi: 00000163 edi: c0105000 ebp; 0004e000 esp: c0289fd8
> > > > ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068
> > > >
> > > > process swapper (pid : 0, stack page = c0289000)
> > > > stack: c028ff96 c0000000 0000015e 000004b9 c02902d1 00000000 00059800
> > > > c028a601 c02a6f00 c010018c
> > > >
> > > > call trace:
> > > >
> > > > code: 88 0a 31 c0 c3 56 53 bb 00 a0 28 c0 81 fb 00 40 2a c0 73 4f
> > > > <0> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! In idle task - not
> > > > syncing.
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------
> >
> > > > I don't know really which part of my PC caused this.I tried this comands
> > > > but none of them don't helped me: linux noprobe,linux noapic,linux text
> > > >
> > > > Please help me to get started with Linux World.
> > >
> > > The first thing is to check your RAM as an oops this early in the boot
> > > is usually indicative of bad RAM.  Don't assume that the memory is good
> > > just because the system will run Windows.  Linux flogs RAM much harder
> > > than Windows and marginal memory WILL fail.  I've seen it far too many
> > > times.
> > >
> > > If you're using Fedora Core 1 or 2 (and possibly Red Hat 9, I can't
> > > remember), boot from the first CD and at the "boot:" prompt, try
> > > entering "memtest86".
> > >
> > > If you don't have memtest86 on the CD, try downloading it from
> > > http://www.memtest86.com.
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens vitalstream com -
> > > - VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
>
>
> Cheers,


--
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens vitalstream com -
- VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
-                                                                    -
-           What is a "free" gift?  Aren't all gifts free?           -
----------------------------------------------------------------------