Bug 1036349

Summary: When extlinux is bootloader on X86, rescue kernel not added to extlinux.conf
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Gene Czarcinski <gczarcinski>
Component: anacondaAssignee: David Shea <dshea>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: anaconda-maint-list, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Hardware: x86_64   
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Fixed In Version: anaconda-21.39-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-06-16 13:41:47 UTC Type: Bug
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always rescan for vmlinuz-* if rescueKernelList none

Description Gene Czarcinski 2013-12-01 10:47:41 UTC 
Description of problem:
Although I specify the hardware as x86_64, this likely happens on all X86 installs.  This also may (or may not) be an issue on other hardware using extlinux.

As usual, anaconda installs a "rescue" kernel.  However, unlike what it does on a system using the grub2 bootloader, it does not add the entry for the rescue kernel into extlinux.conf.

Yes, I do not expect this to be fixed in Fedora 20 and, yes, this is easily fixed post install.

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Fedora 20
Comment 1 Gene Czarcinski 2014-05-26 20:29:15 UTC 
Created attachment 899356 [details]
always rescan for vmlinuz-* if rescueKernelList

In order to create the rescue kernel and initramfs, kernelVersionList
is referenced creating and populating _kernelVersionList.  When
rescueKernelList is reference it is null.  The solution is to
always rescan /boot/vmlinuz-* if rescueKernelList is called.
Comment 2 David Shea 2014-06-16 13:41:47 UTC 
Patch in comment 1 was pushed as 73f64a6be548a2b7db398d6bb403a021ba6ffaab