[Fedora-livecd-list] x86_64 builder; 32-bit LiveCD issues

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

On 4/2/06, Toshio Kuratomi <toshio at tiki-lounge.com> wrote:
> I've tried to create a 32bit LiveCd with a 32-bit repository on an
> x86_64 system a couple times and run into an error.  After the isolinux
> prompt I get this:
>
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
> powernow-k8: BIOS error - no PSB or ACPI _PSS objects
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(9,1)
>
> This is under vmware which works for running 32bit images created on a
> 32bit system.  I haven't burned one of these disks to a CD yet.  The
> first two lines are normal in that environment (running a LiveCD image
> generated on a 32bit box brings up those two lines.)  But the next line
> is a sign that something is really not happy.
>
> I suspect that something in the 64 bit environment is being copied from
> the builder's hard drive to the LiveCd instead of coming from the 32bit
> packages in my repository.
>
> Is anyone else attempting to create 32bit ISOs on x86_64?  Success or
> failure reports would help me zero in on the problems.
>
> -Toshio

Vmplayer do sometimes behave like a fool.
I'm experiencing randomly some failures during the booting process of
the livecds.
But when I burnt those isos, they worked just perfect.

This is ofcourse my experience :)

Chitlesh
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