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

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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

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
  • HP Pavilion DV7T

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