I am trying fedora??
and cant get to the insatll process....
running /sbin/loader
general protection fault: 0000 [#2]
cpu: 0
Eip: 00b8:[<00006fcd>] not tainted

eip is at 0x6fcd

call trace:
code :Bad EiP Value.
<0>.Kernal panic : Atempted to kill the idle task!
In Idle task - not syncing

then it hangs....

thers soem other garbage too... right after eip is at...
Process swapper....stack.....call trace...


am I missing something??

Pentium 4 - 1.9ghz
ASUS P4b-266 Motherboard
512mb memory
Professional Musician Rack Style ATX case(standard 19" width with rack mount ears)
ATI Radeon 8500 Video Card With Dual Monitor Outputs
ATI TV wonder VE Video Capture/Tv Tuner Card
Linksys 10/100 PCI card
3 port 1394(Firewire) card
Cretive Labs Soundblaster Audio Card
4x4x24 CDRW (unsure about brand)
16x10x40CDRW (yamaha)
20gb Hard Drive - Maxtor

its an old box that I decided to turn into a home server kinda thingy...
thats what's inside it now...

i dont use fedora but ive had this problem with slackware ... trying unplugging all your usb devices. After the setup boots up try plugging them back in.

HI,
Im also face the same problem - FC3 kernel 2.6.9 server running good sometime its hang and throw these type of errors--

EIP: 0010:[00000000] Not tainted
--
--
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Code: Bad EIP value
<0> Kernal panic: Not syncing fatal exception in interrupt

system configuration is
AMD Athlon xp 2000+,
512MB RAM Intel motherboard.

Anybody can help me for this problem.


thanks,
Chandran

hi friendds,
I got the sollution.
To change network card slot into different slot. Again it will come, replace the network card.

with regards,
Chandran

Hi Chandran & all,

I've got the same 'bad EIP value' problem. However since I am installing into a laptop, and am not very skillful in 'disambling' a laptop - I am hence wondering is there an alternative solution other than changing the network card slot??

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

jw

Hi jw
Could u send kernal version and Laptop configuration

with regards,
Chandran

Chandran hope u dont mean it ....

system configuration is
AMD Athlon xp 2000+,
512MB RAM Intel motherboard.

Problem fixed. I tried to install RedHat 9.0 instead of RedHat 7.2, and then it just get through...

Thanks heaps. : )

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I hv the same problem in FC3. It hanged at just after 'Initialising hardware..."
I know its somekind of HW problem but I cant pinpoint where?
I check dmesg - see nothing significant. also use kernel args - like:
noprobe, reserve=xxxxso-so ,..to no avail. I suspect its my onbod RTL8139 lan
device, but when i reserve=xx the memory region, it still happen.
Once in about 5boots when I use -single- it sometime can succeed.
Anybody there with solution? I feel like kicking out FC3 and install RH9.0,
but I hv many programs installed in /usr/xxxx, so I cant bear to kick
it out soon. HELP !!!

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hi chandran-, hv U managed to solve your problem? I hv similar problem in FC3 -2.6.9-1667 after I hv changed my MB from P3 to P4 1.5ghz with onboard RTL8139 lan device. It always hang at "initialising network .." area.I went in rc.sysinit file and # -off the ..load_module for Network, it can boot, but it will go into single mode only. Then when I init3 t, I get into the same hang and I hv to reet my Linux box. so far very frustrating for 1 month already. I m now presently using window ME for internet, but my FC3 is staying idle inside(as its dual-OS box )
I m waiting for a solution somewhere...???