On 07/17/2010 10:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: > On 17 July 2010 15:57, Vincent Onelli<vonelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I installed f13 on Dell dimension 8300 (with two HD 120GB for windows >> end 320GB for Fedora) several time with 32 bit iso file downloaded from >> 3 different place bit torrent, the iso file to install on dvd, and >> another side 32 bit 3.1GB. >> The first one from bit torrent on reboot display error 17 cannot mount >> selected partition pressing enter shows the following line: >> Fedora (2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE pressing enter here goes right back >> to error 17. >> The second and the third on reboot the cursor moves to upper left corner >> the screen and stays there blinking forever. >> By the way on this machine f10,f11,f12 all work fine. >> >> I appreciate very much if some body can help, else I will be forced to >> reinstall f12 >> > You could try to edit the kernel line from the grub boot menu. Remove > the rhgb and quiet options. This won't fix the problem, but it should > show you what's happening before the hang. > > It could be that your initramfs file is corrupt - it doesn't have > references to the correct disks. If so, booting into rescue mode, > chrooting to the real root and running dracut again might fix it. But > that is just a guess. > > On my system, with a separate boot partition I'd run: > > dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) > > Regards, > > Chris Just out of curiosity, I saved my /boot and then ran dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) The initramfs file dracut produced is 18852064 bytes long, vs the one from kernel install: 4619157 Not an expert on what dracut does, but why such a huge discrepancy? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
