--- On Wed 06/29, Chris Buxton < cbuxton@mac.com > wrote:
From: Chris Buxton [mailto: cbuxton@mac.com]
To: redhat-install-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:00:31 -0700
Subject: kernel panic during install - can't find root device
I'm trying to install FC4 for x86-64. Details:<br><br>- two AMD Opteron 244's<br>- 2GB of RAM<br>- booting from DVD (/dev/hdc) - I verified the sha1 hash<br>- hard drive is on the second SATA controller, which under Debian <br>showed up as /dev/sda<br><br>At the boot prompt, I've tried the default setting plus the following <br>commands:<br><br>linux text<br>linux root=/dev/hdc<br><br>With the default setting, it claims it can't mount root device <br><NULL>. If I set the root device to /dev/hdc, it complains that it <br>can't find something like "init" - it's hard to catch, since the <br>debugging trace information fills the screen shortly thereafter.<br><br>Does anyone know what I should enter at the boot prompt?<br><br>Thanks in advance,<br>Chris Buxton<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Redhat-install-list mailing list<br>Redhat-install-list@redhat.com<br>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list<br>To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE
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Well i heard about some stupid way to fix the Kernel Panic thing during setup, it didn't helped me to with my RHEL 4 AS but it did helped most people, here how it goes:
you boot from the DVD (or the CD) it shows a pretty thing called "boot:" first you write "mediacheck", and hit Enter
It shows an error, then you write "linux mediacheck" and hit Enter again.
It sounds stupid, i know, but the strange thing is that it works... sometimes :)<p><hr><font size=2 face=geneva><b>Join Excite! - <a href=http://www.excite.com target=_blank>http://www.excite.com</a></b><br>The most personalized portal on the Web!</font>