Laptops :: Kernel Panic!

Hi all! I'm a new DSL user, and, as every beginner, I'm having some troubles.
I'm trying to install it into an old Compaq Armada 1700, it's a pentium 2 with 64 Ram Mb, and a 5GB hardDisk. So it sounds to have the right needed hardware! I need to use the floppy-cd-boot because it is not possible to boot directly to the cd from the bios.
Then I created both (floppy and Cd) and I used them. I see the boot line but even if I write nothing the system doesn't start: it always display only these words "Kernel Panic!" and then 2 leds in the keyboard start to flash, and there is nothing to do!
Please, does anybody know what to do?
Thank you very much!

Roberto, Italy
robgenna

Try booting with:

dsl mem=64M

or

fb800x600 mem=64M

the "M" at the end must be uppercase

Thank you very much! I noticed that I need to use fb800x600 mem=32M to make dsl start from the cd!
But now that I've installed it on the hd, I see Kernel Panic again, so where can I set the boot option for the installed version?
I thought to configure lilo, but in the man pages I have read nothing about memory.
Thank you again!

PS.: when the system starts from the cd everything is ok but the audio doesn't work. What could this be?

Roberto,
robgenna

Yes, you need to fix your lilo configuration.

Add the "mem" parameter to your "append" statement inside your lilo config file.

Then re-run lilo and it will activate the changes.

As for the audio, try searching the forums for keywords:

Armada AND sound

or maybe

Armada AND audio

or maybe even

Compaq AND audi

then choose search ALL FORUMS and FROM THE BEGINNING or NEWER

I am sure that there is some "modprobe" commands that can be used to activate your sound system.

Hi,

I've messed around with Compaq laptops and you should be able to boot from CD without the floppy. Do you have the hard disk partition that serves as your Bios? If you do, you should see the small block flash on booting towards the top right side. When you see it, press "F10." If you don't have this partition you can build it from floppy files you can get from www.hp.com. That may help with your sound and touch pad or mouse settings, too. There might be literature to help you use the files to make the floppies.

Hope this helps some,
ChiJoan

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