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Re: HELP! Kernel panic on installation

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From: Steven J. Sobol
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 1994 20:16
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michael goshorn (goshorn@mozart.cs.colostate.edu) wrote:
: Steve,
: 	I had a lot of problems trying to install Linux as well.  Most of
: the error messages I saw related to paging errors.  I first tried increasing
: the wait states on SRAM in the Bios setup and finally ended up disabling
: my external cache.
: 	You may want to consider this as a possible fix although it will
: significantly slow your system.  I fooled around with just about everything
: else I could think of for about a month and finally found notes on this
: in the gcc faq.

I can't do it. I don't have a cache. This is a 386sx.
I did try turning off shadow RAM which slowed down the system
and it hung on "Loading Ramdisk."

I'm just going to get a new motherboard. Needed a cpu upgrade anyhow.



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