Hey, Have you tried other distros? Like SuSE, Slackware or Debian? Knoppix I think is like Debian though. What about removing one memory module at a time just to see if RAM is failing? Job Cacka -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Tonhofer, m-plify S.A. Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:13 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: Dell 260 runs RH7, panics on RHEL 4 Steve Gaarder <gaarder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have a Dell Optiplex 260, a P4 box with 1 GB of memory. It's been >> running Red Hat 7 for years. When I try to boot the Red Hat Enterprise 4 >> install disk, the kernel panics. WHen I move a hard drive containing a >> RHEL4 installation to this machine and boot it, the kernel panics. >> Knoppix will not boot either. Memtest86 ran overnight without any errors. >> I'm flummoxed! Any ideas? <ksonmez@xxxxxxxxxx> answered: >> Hello Steve, >> I have a similar problem with HP xw9300 >> >> When the prompt is displayed: boot: _ >> At the boot prompt, enter linux acpi=off Steve Gaarder <gaarder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> replied: > I tried that - no improvement; it still blows up. Any further information given at boot time? What are the last messages given? -- David -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list