[lug] Installation woes

[Hugh Brown]

It's a problem with the kernel.  add that serial line at the lilo prompt and then
upgrade your kernel (apply all the patches in updates) and then it is no
longer an issue.

the 2.2.19 kernel doesn't have any problems, I don't know where it got
fixed between 2.2.14 and 2.2.19

Hugh


"rjudd at mlug.missouri.edu"
> 
> > I am trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a new machine that has an AMD athlon
> > 1.2GHz cpu.  The installation goes just fine until the time comes to
> > reboot.  LILO loads the kernel okay, but then dies with something like the
> > following (the typing is poor because I'm doing this over the phone).  The
> > basic idea is that booting goes fine until it tries to disable the cpu id
> > serial number and then a general protection fault occurs.  Does anyone
> > have any ideas?
> 
> > cpu: amd amd athlon processor stepping 04 enable
> > disabling cpu id serial number ... general protection fault: 0000
> > cpu: 0 eip: 0010: [<c02340f4>]
> > eflags: 00010282
> 
> Appologies for replying to my own email.  I should have checked the RedHat
> site first.  There is a bug associated with this and if anyone's
> interested the fix is to use
> 
> linux x86_serial_nr=1
> 
> at the lilo prompt.
> 
> Does anyone know anymore about this problem: is it with the CPU or the
> kernel, and if the kernel when was it fixed.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Rob Judd