On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:57:19 -0400 Hal MacArgle <haltec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06-12, Peter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After I upgraded from Fedora4 to Fedora5 I ended up with kernel panic when > > booting into it. > > > > I had media checked all 5 CDs and all were OK. > > > > Make a new install of Fedora5, same kernel panic on booting. > > > > Google 'fedora5 kernel panic', lots of kernel panic problems with no solutions > > offered. > > > > I started Linux with RedHat 5.2 and upgraded all the way to Fedora5 which now > > seems to be the end of my affiliation with this distro. Did not use it anyhow > > anymore, just kept it more for nostalgic reasons. > > > > > > Did somebody say Bill Gates dos not have to worry about Linux? > > With his money does he have to "worry" about anything?? > > Anyway; I successfully installed FC5 on two machines as long > as I checked the media first, but this was with the DVD version > rather than the CD version; two disks.. Could your CD's have a > problem?? > > Since the install completed and the problem is booting; am > wondering if a problem with the first sector of your HD not being > liked by FC5?? Did you try zeroing the first sector before retrying? > Some remnant code still there from previous work? > > Since the distrib uses Grub; wonder what the /boot/grub files > have to say about it?? I wonder if there's a "spot" on your HD that it > doesn't like, and doesn't show up with other distribs? > > Maybe just a "fluke" much like your installing some stuff > that failed for me in the past.. Ugh.. > > Not defending FC5, not my favourite.. As you know, I don't > use it.. > I tried to install on separate HDs. I formnatted them beforehand. And anyhow it fouled-up my fedora4 installation first when I made the upgrade. When I checked with google on 'fedora5 kernel panic' they all reported the same errors as I am getting on booting before it stops with kernel panic . When I looked into /etc/fstab it had there a /dev/root which on booting it reported it could not find. My swap was LABEL=&%@* and more weird characters. /etc/mtab had only one entry /dev/root So I guess there is really a bug in this particular fedora5 edition. -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
