Install troubleshooting

/dev/root does not exist

Some have reported an error similar to the following while attempting to install Fedora on a machine that was previously used for Windows 10:

[ OK ]Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
[ OK ]Reached target path.
[ OK ]Reached target Basic System.
[23.073611] blk_update_request: I/O error. dev sr0, sector 850520
[23.240764] blk_update_request: I/O error. dev sr0, sector 850520
[23.270797] Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 106315, async page read
[ OK ]Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
[ OK ]Reached target path.
[ OK ]Reached target Basic System.
     Starting Dracut Emergency Shell...
Warning: /dev/root does not exist

Generating "/run/inittramfs/rdsosreport.txt"

This appears to be related to UEFI firmware associated with the hardware. Refer to More on booting: a practical Fedora UEFI guide, and don’t use “universal” USB stick writers for the solution.

Cannot access HDA via http://hda

Some have had problems accessing the HDA Dashboard after a new install.

• If you are using a Windows client, check that it's getting the DHCP lease and DNS from the HDA. To do so, from Windows Client command line do:

ipconfig /all

If the IP address and/or DNS is not from the HDA, then that's your issue. Probably something related to your router settings.

• Check that the web server is running on the HDA. From command line, do:

sudo systemctl status httpd

If it's not running, try to start it:

sudo systemctl start httpd

If there are errors, then recommend you do an OS update:

sudo dnf update

Reboot and then check things again.