I have just downloaded Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso and copied it to a
memory stick and also to a CDROM. Booting from the memory stick causes
the system to crash; it emits a message saying
Try dmesg | tail
dracut/ #
or something similar. The CDROM just drops back into a reboot, except
when run in VGA mode, when it behaves like the memory stick.
Now the CDROM can't be removed because it has been opened by
nepomukserver:
$ lsof | fgrep /media
nepomukse 3801 jonrysh 25r DIR 11,0 2048 1856 /media/Fedora 18
x86_64
nepomukse 3801 jonrysh 26r DIR 11,0 2048 2176 /media/Fedora 18
x86_64/EFI
QThread 3801 3807 jonrysh 25r DIR 11,0 2048 1856 /media/Fedora 18
x86_64
QThread 3801 3807 jonrysh 26r DIR 11,0 2048 2176 /media/Fedora 18
x86_64/EFI
QInotifyF 3801 3809 jonrysh 25r DIR 11,0 2048 1856 /media/Fedora 18
x86_64
QInotifyF 3801 3809 jonrysh 26r DIR 11,0 2048 2176 /media/Fedora 18
x86_64/EFI
Killing nepomukserver (process 3801) just gets it opened again by
another instance.
Any help or advice about either of these troubles will be very welcome.
BTW: I have got the CDROM out of the drive by logging out as myself,
logging in as root, and then ejecting the drive.
FOO - jon