FC4 Kernal Panic on install right after entering 'linux text'

gb spam gbofspam at gmail.com
Thu Jul 7 10:15:15 UTC 2005


On 7/7/05, Panama Jack <panama at springfield.net> wrote:
> I get the following error when trying to install Fedora Core 4 on an AMD
> 2.1 gig CPU, 512meg DDR Ram, 1 IDE and 3 SCSI drives.
> 
> I have downloaded the DVD image once and the CD image 3 times and they
> each come up with the exact same error every time.  It doesn't matter if I
> select the graphic or text install.
> 
> I can install FC2 or F3 from scratch on this server without a problem.
> When I try to install from scratch FC4 the error below happens.
> 
> RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid ramdisk image at 0.
> VFS: Cannot open root device "NULL" or unknown-block (8,3)
> Please append a correct 'root=' boot option.
> Kernal: panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(8,3)
> 

Does this help:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=59051&page=2&pp=15 or
this https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159026




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