Bug 427005 - LiveCD crashed create symlink /dev/root
Summary: LiveCD crashed create symlink /dev/root
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: LiveCD
Version: 8
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-12-29 22:19 UTC by Robert Kochis
Modified: 2013-01-10 04:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-12-31 23:09:58 UTC
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Description Robert Kochis 2007-12-29 22:19:22 UTC 
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.12) Gecko/20071126 Fedora/1.5.0.12-7.fc6 Firefox/1.5.0.12

Description of problem:
When I try and run the LiveCD for F8-i686, I receive the message unable to find /root, exiting....

Then a message appears that states create symlink /dev/root and then type exit to continue install.

Boot process does recognize my hard disks after loading pata_sis and sata_sis drivers.  AMD Athlon FX-60 running on Asus a8s-x motherboard, 1 Gb ram, one internal SATA and one USB Seagate drive.  DVD-RW drive with CD on Primary IDE controller.



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How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot with LiveCD with quiet option removed
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Actual Results:
Boot/installation process fails

Expected Results:


Additional info:
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2007-12-31 23:09:58 UTC 
Closing per user request
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