F9alpha AMD-64 HP DC7700 SFF switch_root: no filesystems

[Andrew Farris]

John Summerfield wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
>>
> 
>> 5. Booting an F8 rescue CD. I forgot the pci=nomsi,nommconf trick 
>> (which also works for Knoppix 5.1 on the same hardware), but it didn't 
>> stop there, when last I looked it was taking ages running /sbin/loader.
> 
> The f8 rescue CD boots, but is unable to help. When I try to chroot into 
> the installed image, I get "Exec format error."
> 
> rpm from the rescue CD cannot install rpms on the f9alpha system.

Sorry I meant from the rawhide rescue image, but it appears not to be anywhere 
right now (I guess images haven't built in awhile).  The F9 Alpha may let you 
get into a rescue environment though.

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