Thanks - I tried to do that a little while ago, but the machine hung at the install menu screen (I couldn't make any choices). Right now I'm formatting one of the SCSI drives (getting a 'drive not ready' message). When that is done, I'll try to boot w/ safe settings again. Stay tuned......:) Mike ------------------------------------------ Cleary_Mike@emc.com ------------------------------------------ "A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.: - anon -----Original Message----- From: Mads Martin Jørgensen [mailto:mmj@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:46 AM To: Cleary_Mike@emc.com Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Help! - Kernel panic during 7.3 install * Cleary_Mike@emc.com [Apr 04. 2002 17:56]:

I managed to get my hands on a second machine at

work and wanted to install 7.3. When its trying to boot

from either the floppy or CD I get the following message:

<0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!

In idle task - not syncing

It stops there and there is no further response. Can

anyone tell me where to go from here?

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