Bug 173590 - Installer hangs when look for RAMDISK / Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root
Summary: Installer hangs when look for RAMDISK / Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 159026
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 4
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL: http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dicas/im...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-11-18 13:57 UTC by Mike
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-11-21 16:44:16 UTC
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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 ***
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