[olug] gentoo install problems

[Jay Swackhamer]

my first guess would be that you are experiencing a hardware problem that
surfaces during extreme activity.......

Has the machine been through a couple of passes through memtest and cpuburn?

If yes, have you verified that the IO path/others are not sharing IRQ
resources?

Which kernel/install media are you using?



> Round 6.  Intall log follows
> Gentoo Install Log (Attempt the Sixth)
> --------------------------------------
> 1. boot from cd
> 2. change root passwd
> 3. net-setup eth0 (no DHCP available on current VLAN)
> 4. /etc/init.d/sshd start
> 5. fdisk
> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
> 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5169 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1        27    204088+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda2            28       286   1958040   83  Linux
> /dev/hda3           287       545   1958040   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda4           546      5169  34957440    5  Extended
> /dev/hda5           546      1321   5866528+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda6          1322      1580   1958008+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda7          1581      1839   1958008+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda8          1840      2357   3916048+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda9          2358      3391   7817008+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda10         3392      3909   3916048+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda11         3910      4556   4891288+  83  Linux
>
> 6. Format fs, create mount points, and mount. Output of df -h after
> this step:
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> tmpfs                 248M  2.4M  246M   1% /var/state/init.d
> tmpfs                 248M     0  248M   0% /dev/shm
> tmpfs                 248M     0  248M   0% /lib/dev-state
> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0    502M  502M     0 100% /mnt/cdrom
> /mnt/cdrom/livecd.cloop
>                       199M  185M  3.7M  99% /mnt/cloop
> tmpfs                 248M  2.4M  246M   1% /
> /dev/hda1             193M   13K  184M   1% /mnt/gentoo/boot
> /dev/hda2             1.9G   33M  1.8G   2% /mnt/gentoo
> /dev/hda1             193M   13K  184M   1% /mnt/gentoo/boot
> /dev/hda5             5.6G   33M  5.2G   1% /mnt/gentoo/usr
> /dev/hda6             1.9G   33M  1.8G   2% /mnt/gentoo/home
> /dev/hda7             1.9G   33M  1.8G   2% /mnt/gentoo/tmp
> /dev/hda8             3.7G   33M  3.5G   1% /mnt/gentoo/opt
> /dev/hda9             7.4G   33M  7.0G   1% /mnt/gentoo/var
> /dev/hda10            3.7G   33M  3.5G   1% /mnt/gentoo/iso
> /dev/hda11            4.6G   33M  4.4G   1% /mnt/gentoo/db
>
>
> 7. untar stage 2
> 8. untar portage snapshot
> 9. make directory and copy distfiles
> 10. edit make.conf
> USE="X gtk kde gnome -alsa"
> CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe"
> (changed per Nate's suggestion)
> 11. select mirrors
> 12. emerge sync
> 13. emerg system
> 14. Kernel panic on package 12 of 78
>   <1> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> 00000093
>     printing eip:
> c0118c34
> *pde - 00000000
> Oops: 0000
> bcm5700 floppy serial isa-pnp cloop usb-storage hid uhci ehci-hcd usbcore
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<co118c34>]  Tainted:GF
> eax: 00000000 ebx: ffffffff ecx: c2eb6586 edx: 00000000
> esi: c2eb6000 edi: c2eb6000 ebp: 0000000b esp: c2eb74e0
>
> and much more....
>
> Next iteration. Stage 1.
>
> DT
>
>
>
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