On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 17:09 -0400, Haydn Solomon wrote: > I had that same problem and resorted to a usb drive install. There's a > script that comes with fedora called livecd-iso-to-disk that you can > use to create the bootable usb drive. I found that utility in livecd-tools. It's handy because it's non-destructive of data on the USB drive (presumably unlike dd). I ran it in an i686 machine to write the x86_64 livecd ISO to a 2GB Corsair key drive. But when I boot the T61 from the key drive, I get an "error loading operating system" and the machine freezes and must be powered off to reboot. Next idea? Thanks. > > On 8/15/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 18:45 +0000, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 11:04 -0700, David Boles wrote: > > > on 8/15/2007 10:55 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > > The boot process starts on my Thinkpad T61, but stops > with: > > > > > > > > WARNING: Cannot find root file system! > > > > > > > > Create symlink /dev/root and then exit this > shell to continue > > > > the boot sequence. > > > > > > > > The Thinkpad currently has only WinXP Home. Where > should I > > > > point /dev/root? And why am I seeing this? I thought > part of the point > > > > of the Live CD was so that a Windows user could boot it > up and try F7 > > > > without making any other mods? > > > > > > > > I've run the i686 Live CD with no problem on i686 > machines, but they all > > > > had Linux installations. > > > > > > > > > Maybe because the x86_64 live CDs is are DVDs and you > don't have a DVD > > > drive? ;-) > > > > No, that's not it. But thanks anyway. 8^P > > On further investigation, it appears that the neither the live > image nor > the install/rescue image contain the driver for the DVD's > controller > card. > > I suppose that I can still do a network install. But I also > guess that > there is no way to run the live image. Is that correct? And > will a > network install find the DVD when it's done? > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
