Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo uninstallable on this hardware

[Michael]

What you describe may be a hardware problem, but it could also be related to 
the kernel options enabled in the Live-USB media.  I've had some MoBos 
overheating when booting with one Live media OS, but not another.  Chroot-ing 
was OK, but trying to build anything thereafter ended up in overheating and a 
crash.  I suggest you try some other Live-USB and see if the problem persists.  
You can install Gentoo from any Live-CD/DVD/USB, you don't need to restrict 
yourself to the Gentoo offering.  Essentially you're looking for a kernel with 
more options for the CPU scheduler.

Alternatively, you could try setting a max CPU frequency in the scheduler 
before you kick off with any resource intensive installation step and see if 
this works for you.  Check for the options to tweak under:

 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq

On Sunday, 17 April 2022 16:06:56 BST Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I have had several system crashes trying a gentoo install.
> These crashes involve the loss of speakup and no capability to resurrect
> speakup either.
> Further to that, when the system is shutdown it cannot be restarted
> without use of the reset button additional to the power button.
> When I take my finger off the reset button, the fan inside the computer
> speeds up and the system dies again with the fan turning off.
> It could be I have hardware problems over here and will have to replace
> this system soon.
> Most recent crash happened after opening links on the gentoo page itself.
> So far, gentoo is the only flavor of linux used around here that crashes
> my hardware like that.  It was suggested the special glue holding the fan
> to the cpu may have given out and in that case it's time for a new
> computer.
>
> In any case, this has been max frustrating.