FC 4 kernels will not work on an AMD XP 3200

Ben Steeves ben.steeves at gmail.com
Tue Jul 5 16:03:01 UTC 2005


On 7/3/05, ryan <ryanag at zoominternet.net> wrote:
> I tried to install FC 4 on an AMD XP 3200, and the machine dies at boot,
> after the kernel loads (it hangs - even ctrl-alt-del doesn't work).
> 
> I installed FC 3, then upgraded the system with YUM. Bizarrely, FC 4
> boots and works just fine when I use the FC 3 kernels. Try a FC 4 kernel
> and it dies.
> 
> Any advice?? thanks

Are you sure this isn't an initrd issue?  What kind of symptoms do you have?

I'm using the FC4 kernels successfully on a Athlon XP 2600+, 1800+ and
a Duron something.
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