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[Dr P Dupre]

Thank of the advice. The PC boots well with the kernel:
2.6.21-1.3194 !

> Hi,
>
> If it has the 1GB of RAM then run memtest from the install CD overnight
> (it has 8 tests which keep looping - I normally run them all twice). If
> that comes out fine then it is probably not RAM so you can look at other
> things.
>
> Does a live CD successfully mount /dev, /proc and /sys? If so then it
> must be something up in the kernel. I don't know if you could get a live
> CD with the same kernel as the currently failing one but if so do that
> and make sure it isn't some odd hardware compatibility bug with that
> specific kernel.
>
> The main error messages are obviously the Setuproot: lines - take a look
> at the fstab and make sure the line for /proc is correct. In my fstab on
> Ubuntu I don't have any lines for /dev or /sys - what tells the computer
> where to mount them?
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Harry
>
> On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 19:37 +0000, mike cloaked wrote:
>> On 10/12/2007, Dr P Dupre <pd520 at york.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> THis machine has 1Go !
>>> It results after an update of FC7.
>>
>> OK I am puzzled now - 1GB ram should be more than plenty.
>>
>> However I note the following thread - could it be related?
>> http://marc.info/?l=fedora-list&m=119719481918342&w=2
>>
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Patrick Dupré                                             pd520 at york.ac.uk
University of York                                 Department of Chemistry
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