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Description of problem:Installation - VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible:From downloaded iso image for FC3test3 http://fedora.redhat.com/download/test.html MD5 checksum on ISO image downloaded befor burning the CD matches the one the download page: FC3-test3-i386-disc1.iso (md5sum: bc4efae0c3db8f32820b5a779455d20f) although it does not match the one included with the download image in the file:MD5SUM.i386 FC3-test3-i386-SRPMS-disc1.iso 5bd94b0a093250f9cfebf4f614eb2cd0 (there is a discrepancy in the downloaded mdgsum.i386 and the one on the download page.) The cd was burned with Nero Ultra version 6. This has been tried with the same results on three different pcs. We have tried it formating the hard disk with fat, fat32, and unformatted with the same results. The exact error message during the installation atempt is: crc error VFS: Cannot open root device "NULL" or unknown-block(8,3) please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown- block(8,3) A boot with knoppix version 3.6 finds the hard drive and windows 2000 will run on the system. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Using AMD K6-400mhz 128mb ram with unformatted 10gb hard drive 2.boot from CD 1 of 4 of fedora3 test3 burned from iso image on download page above. 3.At boot prompt type "linux text" (or just wait for default boot) Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
An update has been released for Fedora Core 3 (kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) which may contain a fix for your problem. Please update to this new kernel, and report whether or not it fixes your problem. If you have updated to Fedora Core 4 since this bug was opened, and the problem still occurs with the latest updates for that release, please change the version field of this bug to 'fc4'. Thank you.
This bug has been automatically closed as part of a mass update. It had been in NEEDINFO state since July 2005. If this bug still exists in current errata kernels, please reopen this bug. There are a large number of inactive bugs in the database, and this is the only way to purge them. Thank you.