Woe is me! FC2 -> FC3
Michael Hipp
Michael
Wed Dec 15 20:14:22 PST 2004
Andrew Mathews wrote:
> Sounds like you may have removed some of the core fonts required for the
> console. This sounds like it is coming from a missing package that *was*
> there and no longer is, such as an xorg package. If you can get it
> booted back up, even from a cd, check your remaining packages and make
> sure that the fonts-xorg-base and fonts-xorg-*dpi packages are there.
> You can use yum groupinfo "Compatibility Arch Support", provided you can
> get in, or use the groupinstall for reinstalling the packages. Make sure
> you can boot the most recent kernel as this was fixed in the 2.6.7-rc3
> kernel.
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.7-rc3
Well it won't boot in single user mode. But I did manage to read enough
of the screen to see this:
kernel panic: {something like killing init}
unable to open an initial console
Looks like I need to dig out the FC3 disks.
Michael
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