Bug 131540 (intallerissue)
| Summary: | Installer hangs when passing linux mem=xxxM | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | enigma <logan.gouws> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Dave Jones <davej> |
| Status: | CLOSED NEXTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 2 | CC: | pfrields |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2005-04-16 04:06:15 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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This is the output i get Actual Results: Kernel panics complaining about not being able to find VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 48:03 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 48:03 Fedora Core 2 has now reached end of life, and no further updates will be provided by Red Hat. The Fedora legacy project will be producing further kernel updates for security problems only. If this bug has not been fixed in the latest Fedora Core 2 update kernel, please try to reproduce it under Fedora Core 3, and reopen if necessary, changing the product version accordingly. Thank you. |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Description of problem: I have Compaq proliant 5000 server with 3 Pentuim Pro processors and 512M If I run the installer it complains about not enough memory cause it only reads the first 16M when I use linux mem=512M it freeze or complains about not knowing where root is root=" " I then tried linux mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=512M@1M It now hangs at the Load linux kernel How can I get pass this. I have memtested and everthing. Do note I have Redhat 7.0 on it which runs fine after I change the loader to see the full memory. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Insert cd 2.Type linux mem=512M or linux mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=512M@1M 3. Actual Results: If I run the installer it complains about not enough memory cause it only reads the first 16M when I use linux mem=512M it freeze or complains about not knowing where root is root=" " I then tried linux mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=512M@1M It now hangs at the Load linux kernel How can I get pass this. I have memtested and everthing. Do note I have Redhat 7.0 on it which runs fine after I change the loader to see the full memory. Expected Results: It should install Additional info: