kernel panic during hdd installation

[ehawk]

Hi There,

Lately, I have been trying to install Linux on a home PC, and run into some problems. When I attempt to install Mandrake 9.1, I can get through all of the package installation, but then the system hangs when it comes time to choose a bootloader. With Knoppix, I can bring it up from CD and get to the point of installing packages to the hard drive. Then errors will come up concerning the installation of packages, such as:

cloop:error -3 uncompressing block 16343 68536/5644/34527/0 393320683-393355210
end_request: I/O error, dev f0:00 (cloop) sector 2098404
This corresponded to the package /usr/bin/mysql_waitpid

Other packages/sectors run into similar problems, such as /usr/share/doc/bison/

Then I see an array of hexadecimal addresses print to the screen, followed by

code: f0 fe 49 04 0f .....
<0> kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler-not syncing

And then it all hangs....

I thought it might have been the iso's or CDs...but I have used images from both linuxiso.org and mirrors from the distribution web pages, and have also used both CDs from a cheap rebate stack and expensive memorex CDs.

I have had to power on/off repeatedly during these attempts, and think that some of the sectors of the hard drive are now corrupted. I am guessing that I can just download a DOS bootdisk with something like the scandisk utility to look for and possibly fix disk errors.

I am able to install RH 7 or MDK 7 without difficulty, but these only install 950-1000 MB of packages, so I thought that I might not have reached the bad sectors yet.

Other suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

[manjo]

I had similar problem with the 3.2-06-06 but this was because I was using XFS. When I switch to rieser or ext3/2 this problem goes away.

[ehawk]

I think I was attempting to use plain "Linux" as the filesystem type...I tried to change to ext3/2, but was told it couldn't change it.

[lazychris2000]

I am having the same problem installing from the isos.....
I am currently using windows 98 and red Hat 9. i an trying to install mandrake 9.1, but when i try to install, i get the following error message (partial, the real one is nearly a page and a half long! but this is the important part of it):

hda: lost interrupt
hda: lost interrupt
hda: lost interrupt
hda: host protected area =>1
hda: lost interrupt
hda: 1325485 sectors *i guessed that, but its close*....blah blah about the drive
hda: lost interrupt
hda: lost interrupt
hdc: lost interrupt
hdc: lost interrupt
hdc: lost interrupt
*does some stuff*
Partition check
hda: <4> hda:dma_timer_expiry:dma status == 0x24
hda: lost interrupt
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
deference at virtual address 00000024
printing eip:
c0l9b1ec
*pde=00000000
Oops=0000
<0> kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not syncing

my roomate intalled mandrake using the same discs and had no problem at all...

my computer has:
soyo kt400 ultra dragon platinum mobo
Athlon XP 2600+ @ 2.133 GHz
256 pc3200 DDR RAM
80GB Seagate Barricuda HDD (gonna be linux drive)
4.5 GB Quantum Fireball HDD (swap)
6.5 GB Fujitsu (however u spell that) (windows drive)
64 MB DDR GeForce 4 MX 440 graphics card
Sony 16x DVD drive
Artec 52x24x52 cd burner

any help would be greatly appreciated....