John Summerfied wrote:
Chris wrote:
Greetings -
Has anyone ever managed to install FC4 on a Sony Vaio desktop, model
VGC-RB53 ?
I can install - but on boot up after the install, I get a kernel panic
and it just hangs.
I did a bit of googling for the machine. Seems it's a P IV. Why would
x86_64 work?
What kernel is installed? Can you force an i686 kernel?
Bare with my please - I am still very much green when it comes to Linux.
Why would x86_64 work? Shot in the dark - meaning, I have Novel Suse 9
here and it stated upon initial install that I was about to install a 32
bot OS on a 64 bit box (I know - seems odd) So, I figured (again, not
knowing much of Linux) I might try the CentOS 64 bit version - of course
it didn't work.
As to the kern - I cant recall. I do recall tho that there were 2
options to boot from. One was smp (I think) and the other mentioned -up
: Neither worked of course.
I'm not sure why the install kern would allow the setup to get to the
end, then the installed kern would cause a blowup.
It seems to me that it would be the other way around.
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Best regards,
Chris
Never create a problem for which you do not have
the answer.
