Bug 152213

Summary:	Installation on a USB drive does not boot
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	Dmitri Varsanofiev <redhat>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Dmitri Varsanofiev 2005-03-26 15:15:11 UTC

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Description of problem:
After installing on a USB drive (in expert mode), RHEL does not boot. The problem is caused by the lack of the USB drivers in the initial ramdisk image (inird). 

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL in expert mode to a USB drive
2. Boot
3. Panic 
  

Actual Results:  Panic, since root was not mounted

Expected Results:  Normal boot

Additional info:

The problem is well known, solution is to add the USB drivers to the inital ramdisk image: http://www.simonf.com/usb/ . Workaround is very time-consuming.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-03-28 19:05:52 UTC

Installs to USB disks are not supported, this is why they're not allowed by default.