On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 00:57, Erik Red wrote: > I'm still stuck with this problem. What is the next step? Do I have > to start dis-assembling the initrd from the FC1 iso image and debug > the ext3.o loading? > > It does seem that the problem is that FC1 install cannot read ext3 > file systems (or at least not find root if it is on ext3). Would that not > be > a rather serious bug that needs to be fixed? Is the only way around this > to become an anaconda expert and burn a modified FC1 iso image...? > > >-------- Original Message -------- > >Subject: Re: anaconda does not find root for upgrade > >Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:21:17 +0000 > >From: Erik Red <erikred@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: forrestx.taylor@xxxxxxxxx > >CC: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >On the FC1 upgrade front, I checked the FC1 disk#1 and it is not > >contaminated > >with any ks.cfg file. It is just a plain iso of the distribution. > >It looks almost as if FC1 does not have ext3.o included in the > >booted image that it runs the install process on, and therefore > >cannot > >find/examine /etc/fstab or /etc/redhat-release. Where did you get this disc again? The FC1 discs that I downloaded from Red Hat do not have this problem. I have done hundreds of upgrades without having the problem that you describe. Perhaps whoever created your disc forgot to put in the ext3 module in the initrd. If you go to VT2 during the installation, can you mount your partitions? Forrest --
