Re: HELP...linux installation

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Jason Berg wrote:

> I'm trying to get rid of windows on my laptop, but it's turning out to 
> be more difficult than anticipated. I installed Debian Linux 3.0r1 and 
> during the first boot, I got the error contained at the bottom of this 
> message. It will boot up fine in single user mode, but not otherwise. 
> I have tried installing it multiple times with multiple burns. I did a 
> md5sum check on the CD's that I used and they were fine. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Error that I recieved (first, it started off with a lot of jibberish):
>
> Code: 8b 4a 04 85 c9 74 22 8b 5a 18 8b 02 89 01 8b 0a 85 c9 74 08
> Aiee, Killing interrupt handler
> Kernel panic: attempted to kill the idle task!
> In interrupt handler - not syncing

Boot into single user mode; then execute "init 2" to see if the same 
thing happens (it should).

Then boot into single user mode, and go into the /etc/rc2.d directory 
(or whatever /etc/inittab has the initdefault level set to), and run the 
"S" scripts in alphanumeric order. When you get the jibberish, you'll 
know which script is causing the problem.



Kent