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* Error scenario: When using a file for your / (a "loopback"), booting your newlyGuillaume Cottenceau2003-04-021-0/+18
installed system will fail with a kernel panic with flashing keyboard lights Why: The initrd needs to load the loop.o module to mount your / partition; but since recently, loop.o depends on aes.o, and since mkinitrd doesn't handle dependencies automatically and we didn't notice that change, we didn't update mkinitrd accordingly Solution: Format a floppy disk with a DOS filesystem (in Linux, you can use the command "mkdosfs /dev/fd0"). Copy patch.pl to the floppy disk. Remove the floppy and reboot using the Mandrake Linux 9.1 CD1 to do a CD-ROM installation. During boot, press F1 at the splash screen, then place your floppy disk that contains patch.pl in the floppy drive. At the prompt, type "patch", then follow the installation as usual. see bugzilla #3614