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| From | Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: dracut |
| Followup-To | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Date | 2014-10-07 22:54 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Strider |
| Message-ID | <m11jtt$od2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <m11fs3$59k$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
Followups directed to: comp.os.linux.misc
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.
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= Aragorn =
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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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