actually, this is just an ordinary hp compaq desktop pc. Specs are: Pentium 4 3.0E processor 512MB RAM 80GB HDD (IDE)
I don't know if it has something to do with the installer but I already used it several times. anyway, thanks for the info. On 8/23/05, Alvin A. Delagon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leo Angelo Cordero wrote: > > >Hello everyone, > > > >Can somebody help me solve my problem on our samba server? > >I am installing Fedora Core 4 on a new HP Compaq machine with P4 3.0E > >and 80GB Hard drive. > > > >I was able to install RedHat 9 on it but when I tried installing FC4, > >I received an error (kernel panic) > > > >...... > > > >RAMDISK: Couldn't find RAM disk image starting at 0 > >VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,3) > >Please append a correct "root=" boot option > >Kernel panic: not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3) > > > >....... > > > >Actually, the message is long but I was only able to get those line. > > > >Thanks. > >_________________________________________________ > >Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > >[email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > >Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > >Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > I had a lot of experience of installer bugs on Fedora Core. One PC in > our office wasn't able to install FC3 because the installer wasn't able > to probe the s-ata harddisk. One friend of mine was able to boot to > installer but it soon gets terminated once the installation starts. > > If you're installing FC on a s-ata disk that might as well your problem. =) > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

