I posted an entry a while back about getting this to work under an earlier beta of Fedora Core 5. I think these instructions are much more straightforward. You’ll need to go through the installation. I suggest using text mode if you can (I specified “text expert” when I was installing).
When installation is finished, and you are prompted to reboot, use Alt-F2 to switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 if you are in X11). Then, mount the install media:
# cd /tmp # mknod hdc b 22 0 # mkdir /mnt/cdrom # mount /tmp/hdc /mnt/cdrom
Copy the i586 kernel over to root’s home directory on the new system:
# cp /mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-*i586* /mnt/sysimage/root
Unmount and eject the install media and chroot into the new system:
# umount /mnt/cdrom/ # eject /tmp/hdc # chroot /mnt/sysimage/
Install the kernel and exit the chroot:
chroot# cd root/ chroot# rpm --force -Uvh kernel-*i586.rpm chroot# exit
Use Alt-F1 (or Alt-F7 if you were in X11) to return to the installer, and
reboot as prompted.
have you ran into problems with X not loading after following those instructions?
Brian…this is the only legit fix for running fedora (any 2.6) on VPC 7.0.2..Thank you!!!
Perfect instructions! I was beating my head against this thing for a few hours before I finally gave up and went searaching for an answer, so THANKS!!! for providing one.
You might want to simply add that to get gnome up and running after the text-based install, (assuming they did the default and installed it of course) they should edit /etc/inittab
type vi /etc/inittab
once the file is open press ‘i’ (insert mode)
change the line:
id:3:initdefault:
to this:
id:5:initdefault:
hit esc
press “:”
type wq
this will exit vi, and then type
telinit 5
At this point, you’re all set.
I only mention this because lots of folks out there are becoming less and less comfortable at the terminal, but we still want to help em use Linux!
I did this after completing an installation by rebooting off of disc 1 and then doing the update process, which quickly zaps through, then hitting alt-f2 at the end and following your instructions, cheers!
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