Re: Can't install FC4 on a ABS Mayhem F-15 A40 (Turion 64 MT-32) laptop
"Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <[email protected]>
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Thanks for the suggestion, but ... no. Still doesn't work. The behavior is slightly different: I get a blank screen instead of an error message and followed by a kernel panic. I'll try looking up the Bugzilla report to see if that sheds any more light on my problem. --- Vladimir -- Vladimir G. Ivanovic Palo Alto, CA 94306 +1 650 678 8014 >>>>> "b" == bloch <[email protected]> writes: b> b> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I can't get either FC4-i386 or FC4-x86_64 to install on my ABS Mayhem >> F-15 A40 Turion 64 (MT-32) laptop. I get >> >> VFS: Cannot open root device "NULL"or unknown block(3,2) >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option. >> >> not far into the boot process. >> b> b> I don't have the bugzilla reference to hand, but I think this is a b> "known problem" and one I've seen on some Opteron machines. b> b> The workaround is to type some garbage into the installer at the prompt b> where you'd type "linux text". For example, type "rubbish", there will b> be an error. Then type what you actually want, e.g. "linux" or "linux b> text" and it should proceed normally.