FC4 on Averatec C3500
 

FC4 installed succesfully on Averatec C3500 but cant reboot. Always brings an error message: Machine Check Exception . Kernel Panic. Unable to continue.

At first i just cudnt install properly till i used the linux nomce option. Now it's properly installed but cant reboot. Hangs with the erreor message i just pointed out above.

This is a real pain! I'd appreciate any assistance. Thanks folks!

You have to make sure that nomce is passed to the kernel, I had the same problem with slackware and the averatec c3500.

I figure that what they did to this cpu is similar to what they used to do to the durons, cut some pins on the chip itself to dissable some features so they could sell if for cheaper. Most probably cause of this being L2 cache

FC4 on Averatec C3500
 

Thanks thinsmartbstupi! but how can i pass the nomce option to the kernel? any practical
steps? Preciate thanks!

If you can boot up with an earlier kernel that worked you'll have to edit either grub.conf or lilo.conf, depending on what bootloader you are using

/etc/lilo.conf is pretty simple, open up that file and where it says append, just add nomce, if it doesn't say append, near the top put;

append "nomce"

in grub where I believe it's setup like this:

label
kernel "kerenl-xxx root=/dev/hdxx nomce"

but I"m not entirely sure, and that file is located /boot/grub/grub.conf

now if you cant but up to an older kernel, what you'll want to do is grab a rescue disc, or just some install disk (slackware and gentoo I think work the best, although suse will actually boot up the linux from your hd with a default kernel I think?)

basically what you'll want to do is mount the partition which the file is on, and edit it with a text editor (joe, nano, vi)

I don't know vi, but I know joe, and ctrl+K+d is save, and ctrl+c is exit. nano is easy.

then just reboot and it should work

FC4 on AVERATEC C3500
 

thanks thinksmartbstupi!
i'd try it out and 'll get back to u.