Cannot install Fedora Core 4

Russell Golden dragonite.wylie at verizon.net
Tue Jan 17 01:55:22 UTC 2006 

*sigh* yes, i'm sure... when i boot RHL9 off the hard disk it boots fine.
I'm using a laptop, there is no floppy drive.
any boot option i use panics. when i use it on my tower, it boots, but 
then hangs and can't even get past loading /sbin/loader.
starting to sound like fedora sucks...

Rick Stevens wrote:

>On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 16:50 -0600, Russell Golden wrote:
>  
>
>>that is the problem. it can't get that far. i get the "boot:" prompt, 
>>then when it tries to mount the root filesystem while booting the kernel 
>>off the CD, it says
>>kernel panic - not syncing. VFS: cannot mount root filesystem on unknown 
>>block (8,3).
>>the boot: prompt is the only prompt i can reach
>>    
>>
>
>You mean that entering "linux rescue" at the "boot:" prompt off the
>CD panics?  Are you SURE you're booting off the CD?  Get into your
>BIOS and make SURE that the CD is checked BEFORE the hard drive.
>Ideally, you should set the BIOS to boot in this sequence:
>
>	floppy first
>	CD/DVD second
>	hard drive third
>	network last
>
>
>  
>
>>Rick Stevens wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 19:47 -0600, Russell Golden wrote:
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>>>>yeah small problem with that... none of the modes will boot.
>>>>unless you mean i should let the thing run through its kernel panic 
>>>>script...?
>>>>I'm trying to install it on a laptop that doesn't have a floppy drive, 
>>>>might that have something to do with it?
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>Absolutely not.  You have to boot of the first CD in rescue mode.  That
>>>means that you boot off the CD, then at the "boot:" prompt, put in
>>>"linux rescue".  The system will boot of the CD and go look for your
>>>Linux installation.  If it is found, then the system will ask you if you
>>>want to mount it.  Answer "Yes".  The system will mount the installed
>>>Linux system at "/mnt/sysimage" and drop you to a "#" prompt.  That's
>>>when you put in the five commands:
>>>
>>>	# chroot /mnt/sysimage
>>>	# cd /boot
>>>	# mkinitrd -v -f initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
>>>	# exit
>>>	# exit
>>>
>>>as I described earlier.  That rebuilds your initrd image and reinstalls
>>>it.  Note that the "2.6.11-1.1369_FC4" bit refers to the kernel that was
>>>installed (and that value is the kernel installed with FC4).  If you use
>>>a different kernel, replace the above with your kernel version.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Rick Stevens wrote:
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>>>>>On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 18:48 -0600, Russell Golden wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>>nope.
>>>>>>it goes into panic after displaying "VFS: please append a correct 
>>>>>>'root=' boot option" or something to that effect. also says it can't 
>>>>>>find a device, then it gives (8,3), which i'm guessing is a location. 
>>>>>>the message saying it can't find the device comes before the VFS 
>>>>>>message. what is going on here?
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       
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>>>>>>
>>>>>It appears that the initrd file wasn't built with the ext3 filesystem
>>>>>support module or the lvm system.  Boot off the first CD in rescue mode
>>>>>and let the system search for and mount the existing system.  At the
>>>>>"#" prompt, do the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>	# chroot /mnt/sysimage
>>>>>	# cd /boot
>>>>>	# mkinitrd -v -f initrd-`2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
>>>>>
>>>>>Verify that the ext3 filesystem module gets loaded in, and if you're
>>>>>using LVM, that the LVM modules get loaded as well.  When that's done:
>>>>>
>>>>>	# exit
>>>>>	# exit
>>>>>
>>>>>(yes, two "exit" commands--the first exits the chroot environment, the
>>>>>second terminates the rescue boot).  Pop the CD out and see if it'll
>>>>>boot.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     
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>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Oliver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
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>>>>>>       
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>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>try using acpi=off kernel boot option
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>For some reason, I can't install Fedora Core 4 on my laptop. I can get 
>>>>>>>>the boot: prompt, but then it can't mount the root filesystem (i guess 
>>>>>>>>      
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>from the CD) and goes into kernel panic. I've done the checksums, and 
>>>>>>>    
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>they add up correctly. What should I do?
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