Installation problem on amd64
Hi everyone, New to the list, new to suse... I am trying to install suse 9.2 on: CPU AMD 64 3500+ (939P) MB ABIT AV8 VIA K8T800 PRO DDRAM 512x2 OCZ PC3500 433M DVD+/-RW 16x+ NEC ND-3500A BK HD 40GB WD VGA FX5200-DV128 64BIT 8X I get variations of crc error Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount fs on unknown-block That includes DVD1, CD1 and CD2 and all modes of installation (safe bla bla...) I tried to pass to the kernel "linux mem=1Gb" but then I get: "Can not find kernel image: initrd=initrd64" (Any explanation?) I also tried "idle=poll" to no avail. (kernel panic) The USB Legacy Support is disabled - BIOS Note that the system is brand new - untested. That means that a problem could be anyware. Bad memory (I tried memtest86 - no errors). I run my memory sticks to 400 not 433? - I haven't overclock or anything. Problematic DVD - Unsupported maybe? On the other hand debian and gentoo installation media do fine. (that is they load both the kernel and the virtual file system on RAM and run their installers) Do I miss some trivial thing here? Any ideas? Best, Zacharias. PS: I am a couple of BIOS versions behind. But please if you suggest me to flash to the latest version include the reason you think that could solve the problem. Last time I flashed I had to buy a new mobo... --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Dress up your holiday email, Hollywood style. Learn more.
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 22:23, Zacharias Spyridakis wrote:
PS: I am a couple of BIOS versions behind. But please if you suggest me to flash to the latest version include the reason you think that could solve the problem. Last time I flashed I had to buy a new mobo...
When I got my AV8, it was a few BIOS versions behind. It wouldn't run 2 x 1GB memory at ddr400. Once I updated the BIOS, it worked great. So, I highly recommend it. As for your problem, I think (haven't looked in a while) but that the default memory speed setting for the BIOS is to read the memory stick specs and try to run at that speed. So I think you might need to go into the BIOS, take it out of 'Auto' mode, and set it manually to ddr400. I'd be real happy with the AV8 if I could get motherboard temp sensors to work... mike.
Hey,
Carried away with other stuff this week...
I flashed to the latest bios version but no luck.
(Good thing though I got rid of that sound-warning bug
every time I changed the bios! )
I also tried Red Hat and got the same error.
I do run my memory to 400 although it is a 433. I
think that there is no problem with that. I am just
not sure.
In general memory seems to work ok (bios counts it
correctly at least). I was just taking wild guesses on
what could be the problem.
I suspect that initrd is not loaded into ram at all
and hence I get the "unable to mount rootfs" - kernel
panic.
As I said when I pass to the kernel "linux mem=1Gb" I
get "Can not find kernel image: initrd=initrd64" in a
nice graphic box.
Does anyone knows what is wrong when you get that
error message?
I am not an expert in ramdisks and virtual file
systems so anyone that could enlighten me in what
could go wrong in that process would save me a lot of
trouble.
Thanks anyway,
Zacharias.
--- Mike
PS: I am a couple of BIOS versions behind. But
flash to the latest version include the reason you
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 22:23, Zacharias Spyridakis wrote: please if you suggest me to think that could solve
the problem. Last time I flashed I had to buy a new mobo...
When I got my AV8, it was a few BIOS versions behind. It wouldn't run 2 x 1GB memory at ddr400. Once I updated the BIOS, it worked great. So, I highly recommend it.
As for your problem, I think (haven't looked in a while) but that the default memory speed setting for the BIOS is to read the memory stick specs and try to run at that speed. So I think you might need to go into the BIOS, take it out of 'Auto' mode, and set it manually to ddr400.
I'd be real happy with the AV8 if I could get motherboard temp sensors to work...
mike.
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