kernel error untarring stage1

keen · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 3

Hi,
i got a weird problem installing gentoo linux.

After booting with an basic livecd (1.4_rc4) without problems i prepared and mounted my partitions without problems.
But at the end of untarring the x86_stage1 tarball (the one on the cd) the process stops with a massive kernel error telling me that something about
KERNEL NULL DEREFERENCE
and about twenty lines of what looks like a memory image or stack code.

when i tried to install via a 1.4_rc3 livecd i get a segmentationfault when i try to chroot into the new environment.

I'm sure that this Problem is not Temperatur related, because i got a big zalman CPU-Cooler and several additional CaseFans installed.

My Hardware:
ECS K7S5A Mainboard
Athlon XP 2000+
256MB DDR Ram
40GB Maxtor HD

Its not my first Gentoo install and i already got a system running on that machine, but after playing around a little bit, i broke it.

I hope one of you can help me!
keen

Deathwing00 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: kernel error untarring stage1

puggy · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:52 pm Post subject:

Have you tried a different livecd?
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Deathwing00 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject:

keen · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 3

i checked the memory via the livecd memtest and it reported no errors

keen

Deathwing00 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 10:14 pm Post subject:

Try downloading a new stage... perhaps there's something weird with that... you could also try to untar stage 2 or 3, just to see if it works (wasn't saying to use those).

keen · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 3

thanks, i'll try that later!

keen

puggy · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject: