Thank you Alexander. It appears it was a DMA issue as the ide=nodma worked. -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Dalloz [mailto:ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:44 AM To: brad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: alternate boot methods Am Di, den 29.03.2005 schrieb Brad Reed um 18:36: > I posted the issue of kernel crash off the first install disk. I attempted > to install via ftp, but I got exactly the same error screen with a lot of cd > and ide references before the kernel panic, leading me to believe that it > was still attempting to install from cd. Are there any detailed instructions > on alternate installation methods from local harddrives or remote systems? > > Brad Reed http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-inst all-guide/ You may try as boot parameters: a) ide=nodma b) noapic c) acpi=off More possible boot options are listed on http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-inst all-guide/ap-bootopts.html Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC2smp Serendipity 18:41:18 up 12 days, 15:37, load average: 0.21, 0.48, 0.51
