FWIW, I had the same trouble with a Vaio, same Intel chipset I think....hmm.
Work around was to d/l a couple of the testing CD's, which can be found here..pick your mirror. http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#testing I'm sure there are better/easier ways to install a 2.4.x kernel shortly after install or even with it, but this worked for me and I now have a rescue CD. :-) Good to have when an upgrade from Win2K pro to XP pro decides to boff the MBR .. ;-) My best guess is that the 2.4.x kernels handle the shared irq's and Intel chipset more gracefully. If all else fails you could try RH7.2 which ran fine here, but I for one couldn't stand the maintenance of it. Just more familiar and comfortable with dselect. Good luck. Rich -----Original Message----- From: Steven L. Sesar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:27 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Install on Toshiba Satellite 5005 Trying to install Potato from CD on the machine noted in the Subject header. The base install goes fine until we reboot from the hard drive. We get a kernel panic: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! In interrupt handler - not syncing Has anyone run into this? Intel Pentium III 1.10GHz (1100MHz) processor 512MB SDRAM 3.3V, TSOP, SODIMM Data/Address Bus Width: 64-bit/32-bit 512KB, Intel FWH Intel Chipset 815E DVD-ROM/CD-RW: YAHAMA YMF753 Codec Chip 16-bit stereo, Windows Sound System V.2.0, Sound Blaster® Software Decoder: InterVideo (WinDVD) NVIDIA GeForce2Go graphics controller Integrated (controller-less) V.90 56K modem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
