Bug#482101: PPC Installer Init generated signal 4 kernel panic

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

I can not duplicate this on any of my Power Mac machines.

It sounds like a hardware problem...  Have you checked that all your  
RAMs are firmly seated in their sockets?


Rick

On May 20, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Chao Cao wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Problem:
> The installation CD will not boot, after loading the kernel, it  
> always fails at:
> ... ...
> init has generated signal 4 but has no handler for it
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> Rebooting in 180 seconds..
>
> and it dies
>
> Boot method: CD
> Image version:  http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/powerpc/ 
> iso-cd/debian-40r3-powerpc-netinst.iso
>
>   Machine Model:	Power Mac G4
>   CPU Type:	PowerPC G4  (2.1)
>   Number Of CPUs:	1
>   CPU Speed:	867 MHz
>   L2 Cache (per CPU):	256 KB
>   Memory:	1 GB
>   Bus Speed:	133 MHz
>
> Harddrive:
>   Capacity:	57.27 GB
>   Model:	ST360021A