Kernel Panic on boot CD

aengus9 · n00b Joined: 21 May 2002 Posts: 25

I'm trying to install gentoo on a Compaq Proliant 5000 with 4 Pentium Pro processors. The machine boots from the CD, I'm using the x86 image, and the machine has plenty of RAM (384MB).

However, just after the ramdisk loads, I get:
Kernel Panic: Out of memory and no killable processes.

The machine also has a Compaq SCSI RAID array, although I cannot imagine why that would make a difference.

Any ideas? I'm completely frustrated.

Shawn

Redtide · n00b Joined: 20 May 2002 Posts: 4

Had the same problem

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=2926&highlight=ramdisk

except my was with the i686 iso. So I tried the x86iso

aengus9 · n00b Joined: 21 May 2002 Posts: 25

Found the answer. Turns out that all the available memory wasn't being detected automatically. Had to add:

kernel mem=384M

to the boot prompt. worked just fine