cannot install FC6, "DWARF2 unwinder stuck at error"

[parv]

I was trying to install FC6 on my new machine.
I installed FC6 successfully in my old machine. The new machine
has a core 2 dual process (Intel® Desktop Board DQ965GF) and two
identical hard disks. These are the major differences to my old
machine. However, just after the installation started, the installation
halted and I got this message which I thought would give you an idea
of what's happening:

DWARF2 unwinder stuck at error_code+0x39/0x40
Leftover inexact backtrace:

What's wrong with the installation? Memory problem, BISO setup problem,
core2 dual, or something else?

Thanks very much for your help.

[Centipede]

I got the same error on first boot, after the install ran. I haven't gotten it working yet, but I'm not running a core 2 proc, and I only have 1 hd in the machine.

Someone suggested that the memory might be bad on mine, while someone else suggested it's a problem with Anaconda.

[parv]

I got the same error on first boot, after the install ran. I haven't gotten it working yet, but I'm not running a core 2 proc, and I only have 1 hd in the machine.

Someone suggested that the memory might be bad on mine, while someone else suggested it's a problem with Anaconda.

You may want to try "linux all-generic-ide" while installing,
or "linux acpi=off all-generic-ide" if you got acpi problem too.
another option you can try is "linux pci=nommconf", this can be
combined with "all-generic-ide" option. In my case, I tried all
of them, but still did not work. Really weird.
I tried fedora core 6 and centos 4.4, neither worked.
By the way, bios setting for ide has to be changed to "AHCI"
according to posts I saw online.

Well, I gave up on this as if I have to stick with "AHCI", I cannot
boot windows xp. "AHCI" is supported in vista not in xp.
Should you find any alternative to get it to work, please post your
solution.

Good luck.

[mwette]

You can go minimal with the linux install:
boot: linux acpi=off ide=nodma nousb text

[parv]

You can go minimal with the linux install:
boot: linux acpi=off ide=nodma nousb text

So there is no way I can install a full version of fc6 or centos
under current circumstance, right? I guess I may have to wait
for a new version to fully support Intel's DQ965GF M/B.

[mwette]

So there is no way I can install a full version of fc6 or centos
under current circumstance, right? I guess I may have to wait
for a new version to fully support Intel's DQ965GF M/B.

This loads minimal drivers for the install. Afterwards you can disable
a lot of this. For example, I have an iWill box which would not install
unless I used "nousb ide=nodma text" (some CD drives require nodma).
After the install, I was able to boot normal. Now I have heard that the
CD/DVD drives do not always work well with dma but there are other
fixes for that.

[parv]

This loads minimal drivers for the install. Afterwards you can disable
a lot of this. For example, I have an iWill box which would not install
unless I used "nousb ide=nodma text" (some CD drives require nodma).
After the install, I was able to boot normal. Now I have heard that the
CD/DVD drives do not always work well with dma but there are other
fixes for that.

Thanks very much. I will give this a try and see how it works.
Will post whatever I end up with in a few days.

[parv]

This loads minimal drivers for the install. Afterwards you can disable
a lot of this. For example, I have an iWill box which would not install
unless I used "nousb ide=nodma text" (some CD drives require nodma).
After the install, I was able to boot normal. Now I have heard that the
CD/DVD drives do not always work well with dma but there are other
fixes for that.

I tried the above option, but still could not get it done. Now I got some new
error message:
<0> Kernel panic -not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
<1> BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffd370

Really don't know what's going on now :confused: