Description of Problem: I downloaded first the red hat version 7.3 iso image 1 and used loop device mounting to retrieve and dd the boot.img from the images directory on the iso and them from the os directory on the web site and when I booted in any option with the boot disk the kernel told me that the root device could not be mounted. earlier there was an error about an incorrect cramfs magic number. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: I managed it every time I booted the floppy image. Steps to Reproduce: 1. make the floppy disk from boot.img as in (images/boot.img) 2. reboot to boot rom the disk Actual Results: hang, caps and scroll lights flashing, complaining that the kernel cant mount the root device Expected Results: start installation proceedure Additional Information:
Have you tried using a different floppy disk? This sounds like a bad disk to me.
Which ever media I test it comes to the same point. I don't find this problem in Pscyhe 8.0. You should consider all possibilities and not attempt to ignore it as a incompitance. If it was a media error then your own test would indecate to the contary. it's not sufficent to request I check the disk as I always check the disk agsinst the original image. If the image I take from the disk is identical to the original image then the there is not media fault.
We do not currently have a test to see if the boot floppy/image is not corrupt. That is why we are suggesting that the floppy media you used may have errors causing problems later. I know I average about a bad floppy a week in the work I do.
I have done the test i indecated before and there is no difference to the image taken from the floppy as it on the original image so the image on disk it not corrupt
BTW: if you dd the image to the floppy then boot from the floppy find the fault and dd from the floppy back to a new image file then you can verify the two images are binarily identical. If there are the same you cannot determine the media is corrupt. i.e dd if=image of=/dev/fd0 dd if=/dev/fd0 of=image.new diff --binary image image.new
Please try the 8.0 version of the product - it has numerous fixes. I have not seen a failure mode as you are experiencing before that was not due to bad media. Perhaps trying 8.0 will address the issue (the kernel is newer, among other things).
How do I indecate it works in rh 8.0?
If 8.0 worked we can close this issue as 'CURRENTRELEASE'.
Closing due to inactivity - please reopen if you have additional information to add to this report.
just to confirm the next release which is shown earlier