<div dir="ltr">I downloaded the minimal install (netinstall) ISO to a CD-R for Fedora 18. I booted my machine and it starts the "plymouth boot screen" (whatever that is), reaches the "target basic system" and then dumps me into emergency mode with the following error:<br>
<br>dracut-initqueue[303]: Warning: Could not boot.<br>dracut-initqueue[303]: Warning: /dev/root does not exist<br><br>I'm scouring the web now to see what this means. It looks like some folks got it during beta. I'm also downloading the full DVD ISO to see if that makes a difference. I crossed my fingers while booting the CD-ROM, it can be a bit temperamental.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Marc Ferguson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marcferguson@gmail.com" target="_blank">marcferguson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Will do Jack. Thanks.</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Jack Schneider <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:puck@dp-indexing.com" target="_blank">puck@dp-indexing.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:30:11 -0500<br>
Marc Ferguson <<a href="mailto:marcferguson@gmail.com" target="_blank">marcferguson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi folks,<br>
><br>
> I really screwed the pooch on this one. I have two issues: 1) how to<br>
> use GRUB recovery console and 2) non-bootable LiveUSB. So; here's my<br>
> first issue. I have two hard drives and my original setup was:<br>
><br>
> * sda1 - windows (marked as boot)<br>
> * sda2 - /boot<br>
> * sda3 - lvm (fedora)<br>
> * sdb1 - data<br>
><br>
> With the release of Fedora 18 I figured I'll finally remove my Windows<br>
> partition and turn it into a home directory. I fire up gparted and do<br>
> just that. I'm not familiar with UUID so I simply changed the "label"<br>
> to "home." I then use rsync to copy my existing /home directory into<br>
> the new partition. All seems well...<br>
><br>
> I reboot and after GRUB selects the latest instance of Fedora 17 I'm<br>
> sent to some sort of recovery mode. I can only log in as root. My<br>
> data partition is still mounted, but my newly created home partition<br>
> no longer shows any data in it. I wonder if it has something to do<br>
> with me changing it from NTFS to ext4.<br>
><br>
> Either way I'm thinking that my GRUB is pointing to the wrong<br>
> partition and stupidly run "grub install /dev/sda1". Now when I<br>
> reboot and GRUB fires it immediately goes into a GRUB recovery<br>
> console and I'm completely lost at this point.<br>
><br>
> At this point I feel I've gone way down into the rabbit hole. I dont'<br>
> mind losing the home directories since my data partition is still<br>
> functioning. I want to just start fresh and do a clean install of<br>
> Fedora 18. My main beef is I can't boot from the newly created Fedora<br>
> 18 LiveUSB. It works on my laptop, but not on my desktop. When in<br>
> GRUB recovery I ran "grub> usb" and it's supposed to show any USB's<br>
> plugged in, but nothing shows up.<br>
><br>
</div></div>Hi, Marc<br>
<br>
Try pmagic_2012_12_25, Free-be! Runs in memory! More tools than ever<br>
needed. Looks like Gentoo derivative. Should allow you to rebuild<br>
booting and anything else!.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Jack<br>
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