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Subject : Re: LUG: Trouble starting up a RealmKit installation

From : Bryan Burroughs <beburrou@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:08:17 -0500

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Jack Wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:20:52PM -0500, beburrou@ncsu.[redacted] wrote:
> >
> > I\'ve tried a couple different CD boot images for realmkit
> > installations and they all keep crashing to a kernel panic error
> > at:
> >
> > running install... running /sbin/loader
> >
> > I\'ve tried noprobe unsuccessfully, and I don\'t have any crazy odd
> > hardware. Its a relatively old machine which has handled realmkit
> > installs on it before but which is now being turned into a
> > permanent realmkit/linux machine.
> >
> > The error message is: Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > in interrupt
> >
> > The top of the call stack is cdrom_start_packet_command.
> >
> > Any ideas as to what I\'ve got goin on here? For reference, I\'ve
> > gotten this w/ the FC2 and WS4.2 boot images.
> >
> > THanks in advance!
>
> What boot images are giving you this error?

Well, I got the FC2 boot.iso image from
ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit/realmkit-FC2/i386/images/, as that
was the latest realmkit boot image I could find on that ftp site. When
that one failed, I tried the boot.iso image at
http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit/realmkit-WS4/i386/images/,
with the same results. Am I n00bing on myself and grabbing the wrong
image, or was I supposed to specify the http location at the initial
setup screen with F1-F5 where I normally just hit "enter" or "linux
noprobe?"

And, just for kicks, I put the CD into another machine and it seems to
work fine. I've gotten up to the blue GUI screen just fine and it seems
to be happy.

Welp, I appear to have n00bed myself. CD-ROM drive appears to be a lil
flaky, even though it works fine for installs of *cough*Microsoft*cough*
products. Sorry for the drama :( Oh, and for what its worth, the CD
drive that I pulled out appears to have retailed for $1227.29! What a
bargain!

Bryan Burroughs

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