Bug 173590

Summary:	Installer hangs when look for RAMDISK / Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Mike <mike>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4	CC:	wtogami
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dicas/impressora.php?codigo=4597
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Description Mike 2005-11-18 13:57:36 UTC

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Description of problem:
Well, I have try to install FC4 on two identicals machines:
Motherboard Sis M863G (256Mb DDR RAM).
The first symptom is a white screen on the Fedora Core Logo place in bootloader (syslinux I think).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. On this hardware
2. Just try to boot in Graph (linux) or Text mode (linux text)
3. The boot stop at RAMDISK error
  

Actual Results:  Kernel Panic

Expected Results:  Go to FC Installation

Additional info:

Well,
 to solve this problem I have to invoke a inexistent kernel at CD boot, then load a correct kernel. Example:

1. Load and Boot from FC4 CD.
2. at first prompt type: "nhaca" this genarate a error because have no "nhaca" image
3. after type: linux the boot start OK, whitout RAMDISK problem...

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2005-11-21 16:44:16 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 159026 ***