I've been trying to install RH9 on my system, which has an Asus P4B533 mboard with a P4 2.43 cpu and 1 gig of memory. Please note that I am able to successfully install Redhat 8.0 on this system. In trying to install, I get a kernel panic when the install kernel is loading. I don't have the output in front of me, but it's essentially: RAMDISK invalid compression Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on xx:xx Now, I've been snooping around and I've found posts of similar problems going back to RH 5.1(!) with the same errors on install attempt, and despite the constant suggestions to re-download or re-burn the ISO(I've done both, btw :) ), the problem is consistent. It appears to be related to a kernel incompatibility with a motherboard - or at least with certain BIOS settings in an mboard. I'm currently suspecting that's the trouble, which is a shame since the kernel that shipped with RH8.0 is fine on my machine. :( I tried turning off power management and the anti-virus monitor in the BIOS - no difference. I can't find anything else in there that might affect this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions, experiences or otherwise to share? Thanks in advance... J.C. -- John Coldrick www.axyzfx.com Axyz Animation Houdini/Renderman/Discreet 425 Adelaide St W 416-504-0425 Toronto, ON Canada jc@xxxxxxxxxx M5V 1S4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blinding speed can compensate for a lot of deficiencies. -- David Nichols
