[NTLUG:Discuss] RH9 - Panic on install

[Johnie Stafford]

>>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 23:00:23 -0500, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> said:

 cc> Johnie Stafford wrote:
 cc> ...snip...
 >> So after working for a week to get it past POST, I'm trying to
 >> install. I've been using RH since 2.0 so it was my first inclination,
 >> so I picked up RH9 to try out the spiffy new version with my spiffy
 >> new 'puter. Right after the boot prompt when it starts to load the
 >> install kernel
 >> I get a panic. The string is "Panic: Trying to kill init" or something
 >> close to that. I also get flashing Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights on
 >> my PS/2 keyboard, The USB keyboard doesn't do that.
 >> 
 cc> ...snip...
 >> Has anybody seen this or have any idea which direction I might look?

 cc> Not sure which kernel options RH supports, but I'd try disableapic
 cc> (if they support that one).

 cc> Specifically if this is a Athlon board, you might need mem=nopentium
 cc> if you have an AGP graphics card (this problem I think is fixed in
 cc> 2.4.20 or in future 2.4.21).

 cc> I don't thing RH does acpi, but if it does, you can try disabling
 cc> that as well (probably acpi=off).


OK, I've found the source of the problem, but haven't a clue what to
do about it. It's the onboard raid controller on the latest
motherboard. It is a High Point HPT372. When I went into the bios and
disabled the onboard RAID I was able to boot and install.

I'd really like to use the hardware raid, but I would give that up if
I can just use the controller without the raid. But even if I have the
RAID disabled (it just presents the 2 drives), the machine panics. 

Any ideas?

Johnie