boot: linux text => "Could not find kernel image: linux"

[Suvayu Ali]

Disclaimer: I'm no expert.

On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 08:58:31AM +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
> 
> Still hoping someone who knows the difference between the live and
> installer discs will chip in here. The kernel image on the Live disk
> is vmlinuz0, but that doesn't boot the same way as the documentation
> for the install disc one says. I can only guess the install disc
> provides a different kernel image as substituting 'vmlinuz0 text' runs
> into problems of no root="" and runs into a backtrace. That or the
> documentation is wrong.
> There is a low resolution graphics mode in the troubleshooting menu if
> that would help at all.
> 

I do not think any Fedora Live media supports text mode install.  It is
designed to present you a working desktop and if you like it, install to
hard drive using anaconda.  A good example of a text mode live media
would be the Archlinux boot image.

HTH

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Suvayu

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