Just got a new workstation for the house, tried to install Core 4 (from CD). As soon as it starts, I get the kernel loading dots, and then it immediately screws up and hangs. The messages are approximately: kernel_thread_helper a bunch of code <0>kernel panic - not syncing attempted to kill ini!! panic do_exit die do_invalid and on until the last line reads: kernel_thread_helper and it's hung. It is a new system, so I took the disks to another machine, started the install, checked all 4 disks, all OK, tried again, same thing. As a joke I had a DVD of Mandrake 10.1 Community from last fall, it installed perfectly, so I wondered what was up. By chance I discovered a forgotten DVD of Fedora Core 4 Test 1, it installed no problem, so I figured maybe I needed to try a new download - using Torrent I downladed the Core 4 DVD overnight, burned it, exactly the same thing, hung again. Any ideas what could be going on? I specifically haven't included a hardware list with this email, I figure if a year old Mandrake and a Test 1 can be installed it shouldn't be a hardware thing. I'm a relative newbie, used Mandrake for a year, had to give it up for work reasons, now have a machine at home I can learn on, want to run Fedora (didn't learn enough with Mandrake, too easy) Thanks ED
