Bug 165175 – Couldn't find valid ramdisk image starting at 0

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Bug 165175 - Couldn't find valid ramdisk image starting at 0

Summary:	Couldn't find valid ramdisk image starting at 0

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 159026

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2005-08-04 18:00 EDT by Megan Quattrocchi
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2005-08-07 15:09:12 EDT
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Description Megan Quattrocchi 2005-08-04 18:00:27 EDT

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Description of problem:
I'm trying to install fc4 on a new system and it dies with the following error.
Ramdisk: Couldn't find valid randisk image starting at 0.

This is an Intel D865GLC mainboard with P4@2.4Ghz, 512M DDR.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start install.
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Actual Results:  About a page of messages then it dies at...
Ramdisk: Couldn't find valid randisk image starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block (8,3)
Kernal panic not syncing
VFS:Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3)



Additional info:

Comment 1 Gerwin Krist 2005-08-07 15:01:29 EDT

can you try to use ide=nodma while booting up the setup? And see if something
changes?

Comment 2 Gerwin Krist 2005-08-07 15:09:12 EDT

Read: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=62400

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

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