‘Error informing the kernel about modifications....’ Error Installing Fedora

Fedora is an operating system that is built on top of Linux kernel. It is a RPM (RPM Package Manager) based operating system and is available in different variants, starting from Fedora Core 1 to Fedora 11. On occasion, you observe partition issues while installing or upgrading Fedora and the installation fails with an error message. It is likely that to resolve the issue, you need to repartition the hard drive, which causes data loss as a result. Hence, to restore lost information, use your recent data backup or alternatively, scan your hard drive using Linux Recovery applications (If backup is invalid or doesn't exist).

As a practical instance, you try to install Fedora and receive the following error message:

"Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/ - Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/ until you reboot - so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rbooting."

Where, ‘partition name' is the name of partition on which you are installing Fedora. The setup crashes and the installation process hangs, after this error message.

Cause

The above error might arise due to incompatibilities issues of Fedora core with partitioning scheme.

Solution

To correct this issue, you need to follow these steps in order:

• First, you should use Linux System Rescue Disk to repartition your hard disk

• You can then reboot your system with Fedora installation CD and reformat the hard disk partitions. You can also reformat using Linux System Rescue Disk

• Install Fedora and restore lost data from backup

• If backup is damaged, not updated, or non-existent, Linux Recovery applications can be used for complete data recovery purpose.

Linux Recovery software are commercial tools to recover lost data from logically crashed Linux based drives. Such software employ powerful algorithms and have data conversant techniques to safely restore missing information. They come equipped with advanced features like, automated recovery options, graphically rich interface, and complete recovery abilities in all cases of data loss.

Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery is a comprehensive tool to recover lost data from Ext2, Ext3, and ReiserFS partitions. It provides robust Data Recovery Linux features like, RAW File Recovery, File Filter, and Disk Imaging etc. The application is compatible with most of Linux distributions including Fedora, Red Hat, Mandrake, SlackWare, Turbo Linux, Gentoo, SUSE etc.