Here we go again. FC3 panics when booting the first disk

[Janina Sajka]

Please see my previous message for how to md5sum the media.

What is "caught up in a panic" mean? I don't recognize that as
technology.

nick G writes:
> Let's take a raincheck on the MD5 because checking the actual CD is not 
> possible under windows, and under linux it's not letting me mount the CD 
> drive.  The last thing I hear before everything gets caught up in a Panic 
> and speakup dies is running /sbin/loader.
> Thanks,
> Nick
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Here we go again. FC3 panics when booting the first disk
> 
> 
> OK. So we know FC has installed on this box before? Is that correct?
> 
> Let's review the basics:
> 
> 1.) You ran md5sum check. Did you check both the original iso image
> and the media you created from those images?
> 
> If you don't get to the language and keyboard selection screens, what
> error, precisely, are you getting? It sounds like Speakup is starting
> and you have output. If that is correct, where exactly do things go
> wrong. What is the last thing you hear, and
> 
> 
> 
> nick G writes:
> > I do have a functioning FC2 which makes this even crazier.  Yes, I do have 
> > a
> > version of parted, so if I had to do it this way i could.  To me however, 
> > it
> > isn't Ideal, but at this point I will install by any means necessary.
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: Here we go again. FC3 panics when booting the first disk
> >
> >
> > nick G writes:
> > > I don't think FC2 comes with fdisk or anything,
> >
> > Wrong. It most certainly does, and if you didn't install fdisk, and more
> > to the point parted, you still could--but read on.
> >
> > >otherwise I could probably
> > > do something.  That's what I mean I'm forced to do it this way.  I do 
> > > not
> > > get the language or keyboard sellection screans because it panics before 
> > > I
> > > do.  Everything just dies.
> >
> > But, you do have a working FC2 on this box? Excuse me for asking this
> > more than once, but I want to be very certain I understand you
> > correctly. If you do have a functioning FC2, I have some follow up
> > questions that might be helpful in debugging.
> >
> > If you do not get the language and keyboard screens, the install from
> > hard drive option may not be available either.
> >
> > So, let's take this one step at a time.
> >
> > PS: On general principle you should have /home, and possibly /usr/local
> > as separate partitions on an existing LInux install. Those would be
> > excellent locations for the iso images in preparation for a hard drive
> > based installation, as you would likely not want to lose all your user
> > data from /home, for example. The HOWTO recommends such a strategy--but
> > this is aside from your more immediate problem.
> >
> >
> > Janina
> >
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040