x86_64 live CD won't boot
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at CLEMSON.EDU
Wed Aug 15 22:57:30 UTC 2007
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 17:09 -0400, Haydn Solomon wrote:
> I had that same problem and resorted to a usb drive install. There's a
> script that comes with fedora called livecd-iso-to-disk that you can
> use to create the bootable usb drive.
I found that utility in livecd-tools. It's handy because it's
non-destructive of data on the USB drive (presumably unlike dd).
I ran it in an i686 machine to write the x86_64 livecd ISO to a 2GB
Corsair key drive. But when I boot the T61 from the key drive, I get an
"error loading operating system" and the machine freezes and must be
powered off to reboot.
Next idea?
Thanks.
>
> On 8/15/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 18:45 +0000, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 11:04 -0700, David Boles wrote:
> > > on 8/15/2007 10:55 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > > > The boot process starts on my Thinkpad T61, but stops
> with:
> > > >
> > > > WARNING: Cannot find root file system!
> > > >
> > > > Create symlink /dev/root and then exit this
> shell to continue
> > > > the boot sequence.
> > > >
> > > > The Thinkpad currently has only WinXP Home. Where
> should I
> > > > point /dev/root? And why am I seeing this? I thought
> part of the point
> > > > of the Live CD was so that a Windows user could boot it
> up and try F7
> > > > without making any other mods?
> > > >
> > > > I've run the i686 Live CD with no problem on i686
> machines, but they all
> > > > had Linux installations.
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe because the x86_64 live CDs is are DVDs and you
> don't have a DVD
> > > drive? ;-)
> >
> > No, that's not it. But thanks anyway. 8^P
>
> On further investigation, it appears that the neither the live
> image nor
> the install/rescue image contain the driver for the DVD's
> controller
> card.
>
> I suppose that I can still do a network install. But I also
> guess that
> there is no way to run the live image. Is that correct? And
> will a
> network install find the DVD when it's done?
>
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>
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