M.Hockings wrote:
> I thought I would install FC3 on an old box (366 Celeron) that currently
> has FC2 on it. The install CD is attempting to start linux and gets to
> the sbin/loader line then panics printing out a heap of lines ending with:
>
> [<...>] start_kernel +0x216/0x219
> Code: e8 ...... (lots of hex)
> <0>kernel panic - not syncing: fatal exception ...
>
> Any thoughts as to what might be causing this or is this machine just
> getting too old to use for this sorta stuff and I should be happy with FC2?
FWIW I'm typing this on an old Celeron 433 on a BX motherboard running
FC3. (OK: it's a BP6 motherboard with two 433s, but still.)
Have you checked out the memory? It is *quite* possible for bad memory
to stop an install but not be noticable in day-to-day use. Try
memtest86.
If the PC checks out, then you'll probably need to write down that panic
and put it in Bugzilla, along with details of your hardware.
You could also try a yum upgrade, but I'm not sure I'd recommend that:
if it fails, you might have difficulty getting something back on the
machine.
You could also try getting a Knoppix CD and check that the machine is at
least happy to load that from CD.
Hope this helps,
James.
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