Re: Oops when installing on HP Brio

["Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose ex-pressnet com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Richi Plana <richip mozcom com>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: Oops when installing on HP Brio


> Hi,
>
> I can't seem to install RedHat linux on an HP Brio machine. Whether I use
> RH5.2 or RH6.0, the result is still the same: the kernel panics and
> returns with an Oops.
>

Either bad hardware, a hardware conflict (something sharing an IRQ?)  OR a
bad boot disk...

> The hardware is fine (it's sporting an Intel Pentium II processor, etc.
> etc.) and I can install and run Windows 95 and FreeBSD on it properly.

This doesn't mean anything.

Linux "stresses" the system far more than other OS's...  Actually it's a
great hardware test... If linux does not blow up on your hardware, nothing
else will have problems either...

RH6.0 & 5.2 runs fine one PII's. So unless it's a bootdisk/hardware
conflict, it is highly unlikely that there is a hidden problem that only
shows up on your type of machine...

To be sure, check the archive... try http://searchlinux.com

> We've tried switching from an IDE harddisk to a SCSI harddisk, but the
> problem doesn't seem harddisk/controller related as it still Oopses.
>

Did you DISABLE or remove the SCSI controller so that Linux does not find
it?

Are you sure that you are properly fdisk'ing the drive with a valid swap and
filesystem?

At which point do you have a problem?

If you get to the installation menu, then it is likely that everything is
fine, and you've not marked a partition properly...

If it fails during the floppy boot, then you might have a bad disk...

> This is probably kernel related, but I'm hoping someone on the list has
> already figured this out. If it IS kernel-related, I hope someone posts it
> on the list as I don't know what supporting chipsets this motherboard
> uses.

Doubtful... people would be SCREAMING about it if it were....

-JMS