Need helping with install
I have a Biostar MCP6PB motherboard and everytime i try to install i get a kernal panic my hard drive is - Sata 1tb set as guid i had one successful install but of course dont know how how i got it to install when i booted i was stuck on…
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- @branfootball Published 2009-12-30
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I have a Biostar MCP6PB motherboard and everytime i try to install i get a kernal panic
my hard drive is - Sata 1tb set as guid
i had one successful install but of course dont know how how i got it to install
when i booted i was stuck on the grey apple screen tho. any ideas or input?
tried many install distros… iatkos v7 is the one i had a successful install also tried ideneb light v1.6, and tried ipc but received the error sign ontop of the apple logo during boot of install disc
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Socket AM2 CPU
Northbridge: nVIDIA GeForce 6150
nVIDIA nForce 430
Memory Type: DDR2
Maximum Memory Supported: 4GB
Video Chipset: GeForce 6150
LAN Ports: 1
IDE Headers: 1
FDD Headers: 1
Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Headers: 2
VGA Ports: 1
RAID Support: Yes
RAID Modes: 0
LAN Type: 10/100Mbps
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Try to boot using maxmem=2048 bootflag, that should avoid you from getting Kernel Panics during the install process. There are fixed nforce drivers for later use on the installed system.
If you're getting stuck on the grey apple screen, you should boot into diagnostic (verbose) mode, using -v boot option to get hold of error messages or similiar...
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| @branfootball | Primary Author | 1 | 2009-12-30 |
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