Bug 46905 – LiveCD Universal Boot Failure - Kernel Panic

• Product: Gentoo Release Media
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Bob Cober 2004-04-05 16:40:21 UTC]

I am trying to install 2004.0.  Both the Universal ISO Full and Minmal fail with a kernel panic after identifying the drives.  The cd boots to the kernel selection/options screen, but I get a kernel panic right after no matter what options are selected.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert Universal LiveCD Minmal or Full
2.Boot CD
3.Select any options and continue booting

Actual Results:  
Kernel booting.... 
hda: Maxtor 6ED30L0, ATA Disk drive 
blk:queue col79980, I/O Limit 4095MB 
hdc: ST3160023A, ATA Disk drive 
hdd: _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A, ATAPI CD/DVD Rom 

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010 
prinitng eip: 
.....skipping.... 
<0> kernel panic: attempted to kill init3 



Expected Results:  
Successful boot.

The old 1.4 LiveCD boots fine.  In fact, I had this system running based for 
months off of a Gentoo 1.4 install.  I am reintalling because I am upgrading 
one of the two Maxtor 30GB drives with a 160GB Seagate drive.

My hardware:
Gigabyte GA-7VAX with via kt400 chipset and Promise IDE Raid (which I am not 
using), built-in NIC, AC97. 
1GB Ram Crucial 3200 DDR
Maxtor 30 GB HD 133ATA 
Seagate 160 GB HD 100ATA 
NEC DVD-RW 
Nvidia Geforce 4600Ti 
1.44 Floppy

[Comment 1 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2004-05-11 22:36:15 UTC]

Have you tried the 2004.1-cd? Is this still an issue?

[Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) 2004-06-13 21:02:44 UTC]

was your CD a good burn?

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-06-14 06:17:18 UTC]

He hasn't responded, so I'm going to mark this as RESOLVED.  The requester can REOPEN this if he needs and we'll re-investigate at that time.