Hi,
amazing!
I am also thinking about installing fedora core 4 from a DVD.
I looked at fedora site and according to it there should be FC4-i386-DVD.iso
somewhere.
But I followed the download link and I saw there only disc1-disc4 iso images
(no DVD),
I am talking about:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/iso
the same also in the mirrors, for example:
ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/iso/
So where is the DVD (FC4-i386-DVD.iso) ?
Am i missing something ? should I try to enter some gibrish somewhere ...?
tia,
Amir Binyamini
From: Dvir Volk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: IL List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Fedora Core 4 DVD version]
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:46:40 +0300
I've had this problem too (i think it has something to do with certain SATA
controllers), and the solution is profoundly bizarre and dumb, but it
worked for me, and for many others:
1. load the CD/DVD
2. when the first boot menu appears, DO NOT press Enter or type any valid
kernel name (like "linux text"/"linux rescue")
** just type in some random gibberish, e.g. "f45vtg4", and then press enter
**.
3. you will be prompted by a message that says something like "no such
kernel image" or something.
4. NOW just press Enter. TADA! amazingly the installer will load just fine.
Why? I don't know, neither could i find a reasonable explanation. but it
worked for me on two seperate machines.
5. Enjoy!
Dvir
Gilboa Davara wrote:
On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 19:42 +0300, Oded Arbel wrote:
On Tuesday, 21 ×June 2005 18:56, Gilboa Davara wrote:
Did it detect your IDE chipset?
I think that it did, but I can't really tell as it runs pretty fast by,
and i can't page back or pause it. The box currently has Mandrake 10
installed on it, so I would consider it quite a shame if Fedora can't
hack the IDE chipset.
On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 18:40 +0300, Oded Arbel wrote:
> I downloaded the DVD version for fedora core 4, and tried to boot
> from it (on a relatively new P4 machine with a no-name DVD reader).
> on all boot modes available I get a kernel panic: VFS complain
> about not being able to mount root device "<NULL>" and suggest that
> I append "root=" to the command line.
>
> What gives ? I'm guessing I didn't do anything wrong, but probably
> I can get it to work if I can supply the correct "root" flag. what
> should I put in ?
It also said "RAMDISK: couldn't find a valid ramdisk image starting at 0"
The last message seems to suggest a busted initrd image.
DVD-burning problem?
--
Gilboa Davara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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