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Have been running Gentoo before on my older system, but now I wanna install
using the gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4 ISO on the following system:

Gigabyte 6VXDC7 mainboard
Dual Intel PIII 1Ghz
3x256Mb PC133 DIMM
Creative Geforce 256 Pro 32Mb.
3Com 3C905C-TX-M
Samsung 32speed ATA CD-Rom
Maxtor 13Gb ATA HDD

nothing really special, but I cannot run the installation routine. Constant
Kernel Panics.

After having detected most of the hardware, I get the following (parts of
the screen):

Using /modules/cloop.o
---- Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
cp: etc: Input/output error
---- Switching to tmpfs root filesystem
cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 1382 65536/65527/26705/0
22051689-22078394
end_request: I/O error, dev f0:00 (cloop), sector 176998

The last 2 lines repeat about 3 times with other values. Then the following:

exec: chroot: No such file or directory
Kernel Panic: attempted to kill init!

And then it all stops...

What should I do?

Hi Xavier,

I just tried and dl'ed a new ISO (from another mirror), stuffed it on a
CD-RW, same problem....

"Xavier" <gentoo@xavierneys.com> wrote in message
news:3f048a97$0$49104$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> [T.L.G.] Stormtrooper wrote:
> > Have been running Gentoo before on my older system, but now I wanna
install
> > using the gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4 ISO on the following system:
> >
> > Gigabyte 6VXDC7 mainboard
> > Dual Intel PIII 1Ghz
> > 3x256Mb PC133 DIMM
> > Creative Geforce 256 Pro 32Mb.
> > 3Com 3C905C-TX-M
> > Samsung 32speed ATA CD-Rom
> > Maxtor 13Gb ATA HDD
> >
> > nothing really special, but I cannot run the installation routine.
Constant
> > Kernel Panics.
> >
> > After having detected most of the hardware, I get the following (parts
of
> > the screen):
> >
> > Using /modules/cloop.o
> > ---- Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
> > cp: etc: Input/output error
> > ---- Switching to tmpfs root filesystem
> > cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 1382 65536/65527/26705/0
> > 22051689-22078394
> > end_request: I/O error, dev f0:00 (cloop), sector 176998
> >
> > The last 2 lines repeat about 3 times with other values. Then the
following:
> >
> > exec: chroot: No such file or directory
> > Kernel Panic: attempted to kill init!
> >
> > And then it all stops...
> >
> > What should I do?
> >
>
> Check the MD5SUM of your iso image file and your CD
>
> c02beb8f4ac6a71621921156301bb7ca gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4.iso
>
> It looks like either your downloaded file is corrupted or you burnt a
coaster.
>
>
> HTH,
> Xavier
>

Then maybe you could try with an earlier 1.4
I remember having some trouble with the 1.4rc2 on a Dual PIII-800
The problem was SMP related but 1.4rc1 worked.
As you know it does not matter which version you boot from because you'll bring your system up to date anyway during emerge.
Actually you could also boot from a tombsrtbt boot disk instead of from the CD and process from there following the
alternative install guide at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml
It worked for me on an old P100 without any bootable cd-rom
Maybe the kernel you boot from on the CD has problems with your hardware.

HTH
Xavier

[T.L.G.] Stormtrooper wrote:
> Hi Xavier,
>
> I just tried and dl'ed a new ISO (from another mirror), stuffed it on a
> CD-RW, same problem....
>
> "Xavier" <gentoo@xavierneys.com> wrote in message
> news:3f048a97$0$49104$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>
>>[T.L.G.] Stormtrooper wrote:
>>
>>>Have been running Gentoo before on my older system, but now I wanna
>
> install
>
>>>using the gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4 ISO on the following system:
>>>
>>>Gigabyte 6VXDC7 mainboard
>>>Dual Intel PIII 1Ghz
>>>3x256Mb PC133 DIMM
>>>Creative Geforce 256 Pro 32Mb.
>>>3Com 3C905C-TX-M
>>>Samsung 32speed ATA CD-Rom
>>>Maxtor 13Gb ATA HDD
>>>
>>>nothing really special, but I cannot run the installation routine.
>
> Constant
>
>>>Kernel Panics.
>>>
>>>After having detected most of the hardware, I get the following (parts
>
> of
>
>>>the screen):
>>>
>>>Using /modules/cloop.o
>>>---- Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
>>>cp: etc: Input/output error
>>>---- Switching to tmpfs root filesystem
>>>cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 1382 65536/65527/26705/0
>>>22051689-22078394
>>>end_request: I/O error, dev f0:00 (cloop), sector 176998
>>>
>>>The last 2 lines repeat about 3 times with other values. Then the
>
> following:
>
>>>exec: chroot: No such file or directory
>>>Kernel Panic: attempted to kill init!
>>>
>>>And then it all stops...
>>>
>>>What should I do?
>>>
>>
>>Check the MD5SUM of your iso image file and your CD
>>
>>c02beb8f4ac6a71621921156301bb7ca gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4.iso
>>
>>It looks like either your downloaded file is corrupted or you burnt a
>
> coaster.
>
>>
>>HTH,
>>Xavier
>>
>
>
>

I had similar error messages. I reburned the cd image and that made the
problem survivable. I had burned the image on a RW cd. I had used that
first image with no problem on one machine but a second had consistent
read problems. Reburning moved the problem around enough to get through
the install (with a couple of restarts but no work lost).

Ethelred

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 21:14:24 +0200, [T.L.G.] Stormtrooper wrote:

> Have been running Gentoo before on my older system, but now I wanna install
> [...]
> After having detected most of the hardware, I get the following (parts of
> the screen):
>
> Using /modules/cloop.o
> ---- Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
> cp: etc: Input/output error
> ---- Switching to tmpfs root filesystem
> cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 1382 65536/65527/26705/0
> 22051689-22078394
> end_request: I/O error, dev f0:00 (cloop), sector 176998
>
> The last 2 lines repeat about 3 times with other values. Then the following:
>
> exec: chroot: No such file or directory
> Kernel Panic: attempted to kill init!
>
> And then it all stops...
>
> What should I do?

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 21:14:24 +0200, [T.L.G.] Stormtrooper wrote:

> Have been running Gentoo before on my older system, but now I wanna install
> using the gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4 ISO on the following system:
>
> Gigabyte 6VXDC7 mainboard
> Dual Intel PIII 1Ghz
> 3x256Mb PC133 DIMM
> Creative Geforce 256 Pro 32Mb.
> 3Com 3C905C-TX-M
> Samsung 32speed ATA CD-Rom
> Maxtor 13Gb ATA HDD
>
> nothing really special, but I cannot run the installation routine. Constant
> Kernel Panics.
>
> After having detected most of the hardware, I get the following (parts of
> the screen):
>
> Using /modules/cloop.o
> ---- Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
> cp: etc: Input/output error
> ---- Switching to tmpfs root filesystem
> cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 1382 65536/65527/26705/0
> 22051689-22078394
> end_request: I/O error, dev f0:00 (cloop), sector 176998
>
> The last 2 lines repeat about 3 times with other values. Then the following:
>
> exec: chroot: No such file or directory
> Kernel Panic: attempted to kill init!
>
> And then it all stops...
>
> What should I do?

I has similar issues on my Tyan dual AMD system. What I ended up doing was
installing Red Hat on a small partition then doing the install from there,
then when I was finished turned the RH partition swap partition.
You can probably try Knoppix see if it will boot your system and install
it through there.

Well,

I'm running severeal dual CPU systems for work and private - rc4 segfaults
on every machine.
Try running it with the boot parameter "smp dokeymap" if it then still does
not work use rc3.

Note: Gentoo only uses version numbers like 1.3, 1.4 ... to mark the age of
a distro. After running an emerge sync and emerge -U world a Gentoo 1.3 is
identical to a Gentoo 1.4 so don't worry about using an "old" release
candidate.

Greets, Simon

--
there is more GNOO in Gentoo!




Freeride wrote:

> On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 21:14:24 +0200, [T.L.G.] Stormtrooper wrote:
>
>> Have been running Gentoo before on my older system, but now I wanna
>> install using the gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4 ISO on the following system:
>>
>> Gigabyte 6VXDC7 mainboard
>> Dual Intel PIII 1Ghz
>> 3x256Mb PC133 DIMM
>> Creative Geforce 256 Pro 32Mb.
>> 3Com 3C905C-TX-M
>> Samsung 32speed ATA CD-Rom
>> Maxtor 13Gb ATA HDD
>>
>> nothing really special, but I cannot run the installation routine.
>> Constant Kernel Panics.
>>
>> After having detected most of the hardware, I get the following (parts of
>> the screen):
>>
>> Using /modules/cloop.o
>> ---- Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
>> cp: etc: Input/output error
>> ---- Switching to tmpfs root filesystem
>> cloop: error -3 uncompressing block 1382 65536/65527/26705/0
>> 22051689-22078394
>> end_request: I/O error, dev f0:00 (cloop), sector 176998
>>
>> The last 2 lines repeat about 3 times with other values. Then the
>> following:
>>
>> exec: chroot: No such file or directory
>> Kernel Panic: attempted to kill init!
>>
>> And then it all stops...
>>
>> What should I do?
>
> I has similar issues on my Tyan dual AMD system. What I ended up doing was
> installing Red Hat on a small partition then doing the install from there,
> then when I was finished turned the RH partition swap partition.
> You can probably try Knoppix see if it will boot your system and install
> it through there.