I've been meaning to try fedora for some time now, and was just waiting for fc4 to be released. Fortunately, before I got any copies, I already saw some feedback that 4 was a bit on the buggy side.
Migs Registered user#381619 Random Musings (http://lifelin.blogspot.com/) Intelligence in the world is constant.... Unfortunately, the population is growing.... ++-----Original Message----- ++From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf ++Of Leo Angelo Cordero ++Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:48 PM ++To: The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List ++Subject: Re: [plug] FC4 Installation Problem on HP Compaq PC ++ ++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 _________________________________________________ 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
