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Old 01-18-2008, 08:32 PM
Jeff
 
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Default fedora 6 wont install or rescue, cant find driver

Hello-

I got a new motherboard/cpu (Intel DG965WH w/Intel CPU Pentium D 820
2.8Ghz dual core.
I took a working fed 6 HD and stuck it in and it wont boot, it
complains during bootup saying:

....
Red Hat nash version 5.1.19.0.2 starting
mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
setuproot: moving /dev failed: no such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /proc: no such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /sys: no such file or directory
switchroot: mount failed: no such file or directory
kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init!

then it freezes.

I took same working disk and put it in my windows box (switching out
the HD temporarily) and it boots and works just fine (its an older
motherboard/cpu).

next:
I thought Id try to use the fedora 6 rescue disk and see if it might
somehow
correct itself (even though nothing seems to legitimately be wrong
with it).
Now it boots up the fedora rescue and I go through the menus. Just
after
the language -> keyboard type -> I get to the menu that says:

Rescue Method

What type of media contains the rescue image?
Local CDROM
Hard Disk
Floppy Drive
FTP
HTTP

When I select CDROM (duh, I just boot from there), it says:

unable to find any devices of the type
needed for this install type.
Would you like to manually select your
driver or use a driver disk?

OPTIONS: Select Driver Use Driver Disk

At this point Im lost. Is it saying that it no longer has a driver
for the CD rom its
reading the disk from? If so why not?? How did I get this far?

I tried putting in another HD and installing fed 6 from scratch, but
it
complains about the same issue. With a new motherboard and CPU I
didnt
think this would be an issue.

Anyone know what this is and how I should resolve it?
Thanks,
Jeff

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