Fedora :: "trying To Unpack Rootfs Image As Initramfs" Fail To Load Install Cd?
May 15, 2010
I've had a hell of a time with an extremely unpredictable recently built computer. I don't even know where to start with thetory, so I'll try to share some key facts.Running Fc12It is a Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR. Reviews on NewEgg havee complaints about instability and it's lack of claimed DDR3 support. I had to use setting described by another reviewer to underclock my memory to get it to work. It has since passed memtest many times.I've encountered mutliple occasions of a complete system freeze.
Booting after freeze seems to require a random amount of restarts to get it to come up. Sometimes I have to hit the reset button 30+ times until I can get the log in prompt to come up.Right now, I have one SATA HDD, in IDE compatibility mode in the system. dropped the FC12 Stable dvd in, the very DVD I installed the current system with, to install it again on another partition. I get to the same point every time, where it hangs:"trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs"Googling that didn't help me much, since it mostly seemed to address people messing with their own kernel builds.
If I choose "boot from local drive" on the options list from the install DVD, it goes to "PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT" with a blinking underscore cursor. Where when I boot normally, it will either give me JUST the blinking underscore alone, or the FC loading screen with no progress. I suspect this motherboard is a pile of **** and needs to be RMA'ed, or simply returned. Anyone care to support or reject that hypothesis?
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Jul 12, 2011
I have 2 Dell Inspirons 2200, I've installed F14 on in the past. Both laptops fail to initialize, I've verified media, and I'm able to boot the DVD on another system. The install fails at: Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
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/dev/sda2 19 182401 1464991447+ 5 Extended
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Sep 3, 2010
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Here was I get on my screen.
I don't know why this is happened. But before I rebooted, I could not see any content on Windows like update or shut-down (if I tried to install something and it asked for confirmation, that window was blank. Or before I shut down, I had to push enter, since that windows was blank.)
I don't think I installed anything and computer was working just fine before.
I don't want to reinstall everything again.
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Feb 13, 2010
I have downloaded the latest Ubuntu 9.10 and used 'U904p' a program I had for creating 9.04 live USB I had before. I had 9.04 on the USB pen but thought that 9.10 would be better to install right away rather than upgrading it. So I run through the CLI and make it bootable and all that. I come to put in my pretty old (Spare parts mashed together) Linux box. I get this about 1 minute after the Ubuntu logo and loading bar:
Top of page: WARNING: Couldn't open directory /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic: No such file or directory
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When trying to search for applications to install via 'Add/Remove Software', I get the following error:
Code:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py", line 391, in _do_search
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May 9, 2010
I found a similar problem. The poster used a similar title "Administrative tools fail to open - karmic" I also have karmic and four tools fail to load; Ubuntu Software Center, Hardware Drivers, System Testing, and Update Manger. Synaptic and System Monitor run. I ran update-manager and software-manger and was told module pygtk does not exist. I ran "sudo apt-get install pygtk" and it said that did not exist as a package. The terminal update and upgrade also work.
Code:
me@me-laptop:~$ update-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 26, in <module>
import pygtk
ImportError: No module named pygtk
me@me-laptop:~$ software-center
[Code]...
Would the best solution be to reinstall the OS from fresh downloads as at least the Hardware Drivers tool works with the live USB?
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I have run into an issue with Fedora on my laptop that has me stumped. On this laptop I had partitioned the hard drive with Windows 7 (came with the PC), and initially Fedora 13. This setup worked fine for about four-five months, but recently Fedora will no longer boot. One day I attempted to load the OS and after GRUB get a screen that says "Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory." Windows continues to load fine however, and a memtest worked fine as well. When I attempted to run my Fedora 13 live-cd, I got the similar error "Error 28: Not enough memory to load this specified image."
Now, not having anything critical on the Unix partition, I decided to delete the Fedora partitions and start from scratch. I did so and the computer successfully loads a Fedora 14 live-cd albeit slowly (but still not the 13 one... I'm guessing the CD is just corrupted from scratches). Unfortunately, once I installed Fedora 14 on the empty space and tried running, I get my original error dealing with the item not fitting into memory. I'm out of ideas, and getting tired of the machine being Windows only.
The specs are as follows:
ASUS UL80VT Notebook
Intel U7300 1.3Ghz
4GB Ram
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607K lower / 14272 upper
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I recently got a shiny new msi notebook and I decided I wanted to dual-boot Linux on it (with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit). I started with Ubuntu, when that failed (the GUI wouldn't install properly) I tried Mint. It worked fine, but for some reason, I hate Mint. I deleted the Mint partitions and attempted to claim back the free space in a new partition for Windows 7. For some unbeknownst reason, it failed. Since I didn't desparately need the hard drive space, I said "screw it" and went about my day.
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Partition 1 is a recovery partition (12 GB).
Partition 2, I have no idea, but it's only .1 GB.
Partition 3 is the Windows 7 partition (172.29 GB).
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Unpartitioned space is 113.20 GB.
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System Specs:
Toshiba A135-S2276 Laptop With Vista
ATI RADEON 200M 128MB
1.78Ghx Core Duo
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Apr 19, 2010
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I use Dell latitude 110L.
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Sep 2, 2010
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I attempt to install the nvidia graphics driver from thread [url] and follow the instructions to perform the install and reboot.
First it loads the fedora logo like always and then boom, black screen with a blinking white underscore mocking me. Reboot once more and get the load out of pass/fails and see nvidia.ko for kernel...... [NOT FOUND] blah blah [FAIL] blah blah [FAIL]
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