[linux-help] Re: kernel panic

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you verified all connections, then booted from the CD. (you need to
be sure your cdrom is before the hd in the boot sequence) and run fdisk
on the new drive as part of the install.  If it tries to boot from the
unpartitioned drive it will have problems, but otherwisee should not.

ONE MORE NOTE:
  which controller are the drives on?  ATA33, ATA66, or ATA100, and is
the drive compatible with the controller.  Any device not capable of the
highest speed of the controller will limit the performance and may cause
problems.

The cdrom will not work at all on the ata100 controller.  Also, if the
drives are on the ultra controller, is the ID set to cable select?  It
must be in order to work there.

I had some issues getting my hw connections right because of the issues
with the different IDE controllers, but once I got that right everything
works like a dream.

Anne McCadden wrote:
> 
> I'm still not sure what the problem is, but I do know that it has a
> runaway script on bootup.  I tried to run an update on the hard drive
> and that is when I saw the looping script.  The hard drive may have a


looping script? or just failure to boot and repeated tries?  What script
is running? what messages do you receive?


> trojan or a corrupt file.  I might have had a power glitch that
> corrupted some files on the hard drive.  I already have RedHat 7.2 with
> the 2.4 kernal.
> 
> I was prepared to replace the mobo and/or hard drive.  All the hardware
> was throughly tested and checks out ok.  I decided to replace the hard
> drive and will try to recover some important files off the old hard
> drive before I zero it out.  What a bizzare experience!  ~Anne
> 
> phrostie wrote:
> >
> > have you tried putting the old drive back in?
> > that might help determine if it's the drive or the board.
> >
> > sounds like the default kernal that you are installing does not have
> > (correct) support for your larger drive.  i had a similar issue a while 
> > back.
> > i went from a 2.4 kernal to a 2.2 kernal and it went away.
> >
> > can you boot with either a 2.2 or a more recent 2.4?
> >
> > On Sunday 03 March 2002 21:17, you wrote:
> > > I don't consider hard drives to be major, mobo's are major.
> > >
> > > With the power off, I disconnected the 20GB hard drive and connected a
> > > 40GB hard drive.  The 40gb hard drive is brand new and I was going to do
> > > a new install.  I'm a computer tech so I know to be careful with the
> > > electronic components.  When I setup the CMOS to boot off the CD-ROM and
> > > started the install is when I got the kernal panic.  I tried to boot off
> > > of a floppy with the same message.  Again with the power off, I
> > > connected the 20gb hard drive back and rebooted, it said that the kernal
> > > panic was from the interupt controller.  I suspect that it is the mobo
> > > or cpu. The pc was also in a reboot loop just before the kernal panic.
> > > The only other kernal panic that I have had is when the another mobo
> > > died from blown caps.
> > > ~Anne
> > >
> > > bbales wrote:
> > > > What do you mean "Upgrade the hard drive?"  I have not much imagination,
> > > > but upgrade the hard drive to me sounds like kinda major.
> > > > bruce
> > > >
> > > > On Sunday 03 March 2002 07:05 pm, you wrote:
> > > > > I shutdown one of the linux boxes to upgrade the hard drive and now I
> > > > > am getting a kernal panic.  It has been about 4 months since last
> > > > > reboot and hasn't had any problems (that I have noticed).  Any ideas
> > > > > for this poor Athalon.  ~Anne
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