Guest Technochris1 Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 When i try to install Mandrake 9.1 i recieve an error that says kernal attempt kill... and my caps lock number lock and scroll lock leds flash. Is there ne one that can help me, Im a noobie to linux...... :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 welcome chris! we could use a little info on your system: what's your hardware setup? do you have more than a gig of ram? check here and see if the more than a gig of ram issue applies to you: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Technochris1 Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 amd 2600 + 512 mb ddr maxtor 40gb and another 60gb hard drive, dont know the name Xp pro soyo kt400 dragon ultra platinum edition ati radeion 9000 pro 128mb ddr dvd drive and cd-rw thats about all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Technochris1 Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 I tryied it again and up the page further it says null pointer and 00000000 or somehtig like that and the error i get says "kernal panic: attempted to kill init" Wow....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 did you do a md5sum check on the iso's you downloaded? are you sure the CDs are good burns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Technochris1 Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 how do i do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 kt400 is the prob....happen to me as well. At the first splash screen at boot press F1 and at the next screen type linux noapic or linux noapic acpi=off If those don't do it and md5sum is ok, you'll have to go into the bios and change some settitngs for BIOS/OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 I think there's also and issue with your video card, but there's a fix....I think. Tyme may know, or Search the board......I'm at work and gotta go :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Technochris1 Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 what settings shouild i change in the bios.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Check your md5sum first. info here: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...p?p=32853#32853 Then if OK, do as bvc sugested At the first splash screen at boot press F1 and at the next screen type linux noapic acpi=off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 I have a kt400 chipset. I set "acpi=off" in lilo. No problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Technochris1 Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 it still doesnot work :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 it still doesnot work :xas in, md5sum is ok? what settings shouild i change in the bios....What you really want to find is a PlugNPlay setting that you set to NO. There are different ways this is worded. I don't have a pNp anything in my bios so I had to go through everything and make sure the settings were ok. Basically, from my limited understanding (help! Ixthusdan :unsure: )if Auto is a choice, choose it. If you have a choice between BIOS and OS choose OS. At least that's what I had better luck with. Everythime I tried BIOS for my usbmouse I'd lose it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Technochris1 Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 still the same messages. that kernal is NULL. or some Bs, Im gettign soo pissed i formatted my drive and all to see if this would work, and downloaded 3 different iso from 3 differnet mirrors and still the same message...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 :? OK, do it again, no boot parameters, just normal install and when it happens again go through Ctrl>Alt>F1 Ctrl>Alt>F2 Ctrl>Alt>F3 Ctrl>Alt>F4 Ctrl>Alt>F5 and see if there are any detailed clues as to why this is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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