Can't bring up Fedora Core 6

[Ivan Kronkvist]

--- Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 11:20 -0600, Michael
> Satterwhite wrote:
> > David Timms wrote:
> > > Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> > >> After installing Fedora Core 6, I couldn't get
> it to boot.
> > >>
> > >> The first time, I tried installing it with
> gnome and kde. Note that I
> > >> tested the media before installation. When I
> tried to boot it after
> > >> installation, it hung at syscall_call+0x7/0xb.
> > >>
> > >> I tried another installation, this time with
> just gnome (I figured I
> > >> could install kde after the system was up).
> When I tried to boot it
> > >> after install, I got
> > >>
> > >> Mounting local filesyste          [Failed]
> > > Did you keep some partitions from your old
> system ?
> > > This can occur when a mount folder has not been
> correctly marked with
> > > selinux.
> > 
> > The only partition I kept from my old system was
> the /windows partition
> > - I don't want to have to restore Win2K just
> because I changed linux
> > system - and I do sometimes have to run windows
> for work.
> > 
> > 
> One question when you used the gui partitioning tool
> what did you say to
> do with the partition mounted as /windows?

I removed it. I removed all existing partitions and
went with the default Fedora partitioning with a
logical volume which holds the swap and / and a
physical partition that holds /boot.


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