[Sussex] from a green Linux explorer

[Steve Redshaw]

thanks John,

here are 4 variations of the computer not booting up Mandriva!

1) let it start with existing Boot options, progress bar stops at about 10%
press escape and get the following error screen;

www.steveredshaw.co.uk/error_screen.jpg

2) delete VGA=788 from Boot options, get black screen, much scrolling,
ending with this;

Code: Bad EIP value
EIP: [<00000004>] 0x4 SS:ESP 0068:d747df34
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

3) add noapic to Boot options, progress bar stops at about 10%
press Escape - much scrolling then this;

EIP: [<c018a024>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x44/0xb0 SS:ESP 0068:d7469d4c
---[ end trace 251e46bd3255ac9c  ]---
Fixing recursive fault but reboot needed!

4) change VGA to VGA=normal, black screen, much scrolling, ending with this;

EIP: [<c02cfdcd>] skb_dequeue+0x2d/0x60 SS:ESP 0068:d787dcf0

2008/7/11 John Crowhurst <info at johnscomputersupport.co.uk>:

> On Fri, July 11, 2008 07:00, Steve Redshaw wrote:
> > 2008/7/6 John Crowhurst <info at johnscomputersupport.co.uk>:
> >
> >>
> >> On Sun, July 6, 2008 18:56, Steve Redshaw wrote:
> >> > my Boot Options (apart from adding 'noapic...') are currently;
> >> >
> >> > L 11dd-96ee-7fdfle22462d resume=/dev/sda4 splash=silent vga=788
> >>
> >> Try removing the vga=788 from the boot options and seeing if that fixes
> >> it.
> >
> >
> > this results in black screen, lots of computer info scrolling down (which
> > means nothing to me unfortunately), but then everything stops
>
> What is the last few lines before it stops? Jot them down and post them
> here and we'll have an idea of what is happening.
>
> --
> John Crowhurst
> John's Computer Support
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