Fedora 10 hangs when booting after installation
Problem:
Fedora 10 hangs when attempting to mount the root filesystem after installation.
Details:
Due to changes to the mkinitrd command, the init process does not wait long enough for the disk subsystem to be initialized.
Solution:
Enter rescue mode by booting the Fedora 10 installation media and typing linux rescue at the prompt. When prompted to mount the installed filesystem, choose continue. Rebuild the initial ramdisk by executing the following commands:
# chroot /mnt/sysimage
# kver=´rpm -q kernel --qf %{version}-%{release}´
# mkinitrd -f -v --with=scsi_wait_scan /boot/initrd-$kver.img $kver
# exit; exit
The system will now reboot. There is now an updated mkinitrd package which fixes this issue. Execute the following command to install it:
# yum update mkinitrd