[ale] install disk of Fedcore Core Test2

[Jim Philips]

Every one of the options I try ends with the same error, whether I start 
with nothing or "linux mediacheck" or "linux ide=nodma". It gets to  
vmlinuz, then initrd.img and then I get the error. So, I can't even do a 
media check.

Fulton Green wrote:

>You'll definitely want to run "linux mediacheck" from the "boot:"
>prompt before doing anything else.  Assuming that all four discs check out,
>try "linux ide=nodma" to turn off the CD-ROM DMA while installing.
>
>FWIW, I successfully installed FC2T2 on an old ThinkPad 600E over the
>weekend.
>
>On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 05:44:52PM -0400, Jim Philips wrote:
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>>I burned all of my CD's, including a boot CD. When I try to boot from 
>>the CD, everything starts out okay. I select graphical install and it 
>>grinds a bit, then I get this:
>>
>>RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
>>invalid compressed format (err=1)
>>VFS: Cannot open device "<NULL>" unknown block (8,3)
>>Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>>Kernel panic: VFS: Unable  to mount root fs on unknown block (8,3)
>>
>>I am having my doubts about this hard drive, but I hope that isn't the 
>>issue. Anyone have any ideas?
>>    
>>
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