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SubjectRe: RedHat 5.2 Oops
Hi Nicholas.

>> I have one machine which Oops's when I try to install RedHat 5.2
>> from the CD. It gets as far as the "Welcome to RedHat" screen
>> (the one with the single OK button on it), and as soon as one
>> presses the said OK button, it displays an Oops over the
>> screen...

> Faulty memory. The kernel distributed on installation floppies
> is pretty stable. The only reason for a oops is a hardware
> fault. I had the same problem but the oops used to appear when
> the intalling of package starts.

That was my first suspicion. The problem is, the hardware in question
was running RedHat 4.1 without any problem whatsoever for about a
month before I decided to upgrade, and is quite happy to run RH 4.1
again after receiving that oops. As a result, I have to suspect that
the memory's fine...

I will also add that the CD's fine since I've been able to install
from it onto four different systems without problem, but on the one I
most want to install on, it just don't work !!!

> Try to plug the memory into another machine and run something
> big, say, recompile the kernel.

How about two kernel compiles in parallel, one for 2.0.36 and the
other for 2.2.6, which I did the day before 2.2.7 was released on the
hardware in question, although under RH 4.1 as stated above, and with
kernel 2.0.33 if I remember right - I'm not on the machine in question
at the moment, so can't refer to its logs...

Best wishes from Riley.

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