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| From | "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: dracut |
| Date | 2014-10-07 20:03 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <m11v06$8kl$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <m11fs3$59k$1@speranza.aioe.org> <m11jtt$od2$1@dont-email.me> |
"Aragorn" <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> wrote in message
news:m11jtt$od2$1@dont-email.me...
> On Tuesday 07 October 2014 21:45, Bill Cunningham conveyed the following
> to comp.os.linux.misc...
>
>> I am having difficulty installing Fedoracore 17. An old version of
>> the fedora distro.
>
> Why not use something more recent? And if you want to use an older
> version of the software, why not use CentOS? Then at least you will
> have the stable version, instead of the relatively very buggy Fedora,
> which is only the testbed for the next RedHat/CentOS release.
>
>> When loading the system drops to shell and says
>> "Unable to mount root filesystem" and there is no installation yet.
>
> If there is no installation yet, then what is the system "loading" from?
> The install CD/DVD? In that case, it is possible that the CD/DVD is
> damaged, /or/ that the lens of the optical drive is either dirty or
> damaged.
>
>> There are fat32 partitions. Could it be having a problem with those? I
>> type 'exit' and it just prints some things to stdout and I have the
>> same prompt. What's wrong?
>
> For one, GNU/Linux is a UNIX-family operating system and requires being
> installed on one or multiple filesystems that support UNIX/POSIX file
> ownerships and permissions. vfat (i.e. FAT32) does not support that -
> and neither does NTFS for that matter, in case you were contemplating
> using that as an alternative.
>
> Also, bear in mind that the help you'll be getting is only as good as
> the information you're providing. "It prints some things to stdout"
> isn't good enough. We need to know what those "things" are if you want
> us to tell you more.
Well if I load a debian ISO onto the CD-RW it seems to work fine. This
dracut is an on and off thing. Also when windows install a filesystem then
are blank empty spaces of around 8 MB or so. Eliminating that would that
cause this problem. I have installed this before but I am doing a clean
install this time to clean up everything. If list a bunch of errors with the
squash filesystems too. I will try again and see what I can do. It just
drops to shell.
Bill
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dracut "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-10-07 15:45 -0400
Re: dracut Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-10-07 13:53 -0700
Re: dracut Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-10-07 22:54 +0200
Re: dracut Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-10-07 17:00 -0400
Re: dracut "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-10-07 20:03 -0400
Re: dracut parspes <parspes@gmail.com> - 2014-10-07 17:06 -0500
Re: dracut Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-10-08 01:33 +0200
Re: dracut Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2014-10-13 04:08 +1100
Re: dracut Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-10-12 11:13 -0700
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