On 3/14/06, Gordon Stewart <gorste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear List > > Can any one tell me what causes the kernel to say: > > ran out of input data - system halted. > > I have my system in rescue mode and reading around i may have to install a new kernel. Can any one advise me if this is the right thing to do or is there a simpler fix. I do not want to reinstall the system if possible. > The first thing I would try would be to re-install the kernel package from your install media (you'll probably need to use --force since it's already installed). If that doesn't fix it, re-installing might be your best option, but I would definitely do a thorough check of your hard drive first, because as Alan says, it sounds like a disk problem. -- _ Ben Steeves bcs@xxxxxxxxxx ( ) The ASCII ribbon campaign ben.steeves@xxxxxx X against HTML e-mail GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9 / \ http://www.metacon.ca/ascii Yahoo Messenger: ben_steeves -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list