[plug] kernel panics during install

[Mark]

Sol Hanna wrote:

>Hi again,
>
>I've been trying to install Linux on this new server again all to no effect. 
>And it's not a Suse problem, because I can't install Debian either. So far 
>I've:
>1. tried default install of Suse 8.2
>2. trien "safe mode" install of Suse 8.2 (no acpi, no dma)
>3. tried minimal Suse install in text mode
>4. tried ordinary install of Debian Woody
>I had kernel panics in cases 2,3 & 4. The first one complained about expecting 
>a unary operator (something to do with yast) and just hung. With Debian it 
>reported that formatting of disk had failed and it didn't even get as far as 
>installing packages.
>
>I then plonked Knoppix in to see if the hardware was still working, and the 
>CD-boot worked flawlessly.
>
>I'm not sure what to try next. Any one have any suggestions?
>
>ta in advance; sol
>
>
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Hi Sol,

Just a thought but it sounds like the problems I have had trying to 
install on  over clocked systems
which I do a lot of.

Try clocking it back or under clocking if its possible and see what happens.

It could not hurt if you have tried every think else

Mark