Kernel Panic while installing RHEL 5.5 Desktop on HP Pavilion DV7T laptop.

Issue

• Installer crashes with a kernel panic message when installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux  5.5 x86/64 Desktop (WS+MultiOS) on an HP Pavilion dv7t laptop with 8GB RAM.

  Code: 48 8b 55 00 48 39 da 74 1b 48 89 de 48 c7 c7 2d cb 2b 80 31 
  RIP [<ffffffff80154df4>]   --list_add+0x2e/0x68 
  RSP <ffff810107f37830> 
  CR2 0000000000000000 
  <0> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception