Description of problem: I got a new motherboard and cpu (Intel DG965WH w/Intel CPU Pentium D 820 2.8Ghz dual core). I took a working fed 6 HD and stuck it in and it wont boot, it complains during bootup saying: ... Red Hat nash version 5.1.19.0.2 starting mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' setuproot: moving /dev failed: no such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /proc: no such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /sys: no such file or directory switchroot: mount failed: no such file or directory kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init! then it freezes. I took same working disk and put it in my windows box (switching out the HD temporarily) and it boots and works just fine (its an older motherboard/cpu). next: I thought Id try to use the fedora 6 rescue disk and see if it might somehow correct itself (even though nothing seems to legitimately be wrong with it). Now it boots up the fedora rescue and I go through the menus. Just after the language -> keyboard type -> I get to the menu that says: Rescue Method What type of media contains the rescue image? Local CDROM Hard Disk Floppy Drive FTP HTTP When I select CDROM (duh, I just boot from there), it says: unable to find any devices of the type needed for this install type. Would you like to manually select your driver or use a driver disk? OPTIONS: Select Driver Use Driver Disk I have the latest BIOS from Intel on the board (I updated it to be sure it wasnt a bios issue, version 1-17-2007 1618). I believe its a supplied driver in the kernel? However Im unsure. If need more info, let me know. I marked this urgent because I do need a solution ASAP to use this investment. Thanks, Jeff Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
You're going to have to go into rescue mode, chroot into /mnt/sysimage, update /etc/modprobe.conf and then re-run mkinitrd