57 Steps To Avoid Kernel Panic

I tried to update my Linux distribution this week by starting over on a fresh virtual PC. I tried SuSE 9.1 Personal only to have a kernel panic early in the installation. Then I tried Fedora Core 2 only to have another kernel panic. That’s when I began to suspect a more sinister problem and found this bug entry - complete with a 57 step work around.

Maybe I'll just wait three months and try again.

posted on Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:10 PM by scott

Comments

Friday, September 17, 2004 10:00 AM by Andy

# re: 57 Steps To Avoid Kernel Panic

Heh.

*sarcasm*
Look out Linux is going to be more popular than Windows any day now.
*/sarcasm*

And the OS zealots f#cking wonder why regular folks don't use Linux.
Friday, September 17, 2004 2:05 PM by Jeremy Brayton

# re: 57 Steps To Avoid Kernel Panic

What about Slackware? I've been using it for a long while and I consider it a more *hardcore* distrobution. That basically means I can run it, but my users would have fits if they were forced to.

Yeah Linux isn't the best when it comes to the Desktop. OS zealots are just that and pretty retarded when you show them how some people can barely even use Windows, let alone something infinately more complex.
Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:32 PM by Scott Allen

# re: 57 Steps To Avoid Kernel Panic

I haven't tried Slackware in sooo long. I think I might give it a whirl - I just want something I can get mono up and running on without investing a huge amount of time. Because of that I was sticking to those platforms where mono seemed to have a lot of support...
Monday, February 21, 2005 11:31 AM by Ant

# re: 57 Steps To Avoid Kernel Panic

Blame Linux for a problem with a Microsoft product. Brilliant.

Andy seems to be the type who cheers when a bully gives an innocent a black eye.