any idea someone? i was reading up a lot on this error on other forums, but it mostly appears when the hard drive support breaks while compiling a new kernel or such. with me its right from the install dvd. i dont even see the installer. i also tried the option root=/dev/hdc but it didnt changed anything. ciao franky This is a forwarded message From: Frank Lenhard <franky@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, August 28, 2005, 2:29:41 PM Subject: newbie cant install fedora ===8<==============Original message text=============== Hello list, first post here.:) i downloaded the fedora core4 iso, burned the dvd and try to install linux. for some reason linux doesnt boot into the installer but instead gives me a kernel panic error: kernel panic not synching: VFS: unable to mount root FS to unknown block (3,2) then flowwed by screens full of numbers and codes. i use a opteron246 system with 2gb ram, QuadroFX1000 and for this purpose a ide harddisk. on this harddisk is a installation of suse linux. i tried the noprobe and acpi=off options at the promt (when it aks me to hit enter to get to the graphical installer) any help would be greatly appreciated. ------------- Frank Lenhard digital 3d animation // post production join http://www.ixdream.com mailto franky@xxxxxxxxxxx
