Fresh install w/Abit KG7-RAID mobo, kernel panic on install
I built a new machine yesterday and was hoping to give Debian a whirl fresh
from the start, I'm so sick of Redhat nad have heard nothing but blessings
about Debian... I Downloaded and burned ISOs for Debian 2.2 rev 3 (all 3
discs) and attempted to install, but after starting the installation from
the initial install screen (the text based where you can type in arguments,
etc.), I get a short way into the install and get kernel panic. The same
kernel panic is happening in same place when trying to install Redhat 6.2,
so I know it's not just specific to Debian - I'm hoping someone might have
info. Here are the particulars if anyone is interested in helping
troubleshoot things or giving suggestions:
System specs:
Antec Soho1030 case/330w Enermax PS
Abit KG7-RAID
Athlon XP 1500/266
Western Digital 7200/U100/2MB 40GB (caviar)
512MB Crucial ECC Registered DDR
3dfx Voodoo3 3000
SB Live! Value ed.
Netgear FA311 NIC
Teac floppy
Pioneer DVD-116 DVD ROM
Plextor 16x10x40 Plexwriter CRDW
Kernel panic message (tailed to last 8 lines):
Process Swapper: (pid: 0 process nr: 0, stackpage: c02db000)
Stack: c0106000 00000000 00000000 c0305d27 00010000 00000282 c0305d58
00000031
c02e1b76 c02e114b c026aa41 00000038 00000000 00002000 00000000
00000000
c02dcdbf c0846000 dfff0000 c0845e08 dfff0000 00000000 c0106000
00000000
Call Trace: [<c0106000>] [<c026aa41>] [<c0106000>] [<c0100175>]
Code: f3 ab 8b 44 24 34 a8 03 74 23 83 c0 03 89 44 24 34 24 fc 89
Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task not syncing!
I notice a few lines up from this it says something about being "unable to
handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffe7o6e4" and even a few
lines up that it refuses to see my Athlon XP at full, displaying it as only
an "1334985kHz AMD Athlon". I take it the latest release of debian does not
support the new XP chips? Doesn't seem likely that this would cause kernel
panic though, so I'm curious what's going on.
The only other thing I can think to include is that I flashed BIOS hoping
that it was something with the mobo, I flashed to the latest rev for the
KG7-R, rev 5E.
Anyone seen anything similar, heard anything similar, have any ideas? I
appreciate any feedback. I've got this kickass new system and can't do
anything with it. Again, this isn't specific to Debian (the crash), it
happens in Redhat 6.2 as well in same place. I'm stumped.
-shifty
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