Bug 2050562

Summary:	kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" when specifying non existent network interface
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Reporter:	David Tardon <dtardon>
Component:	dracut	Assignee:	Lukáš Nykrýn <lnykryn>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Vojtech Eichler <veichler>
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Version:	9.0	CC:	dracut-maint-list, dtardon, pvalena, veichler
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Description David Tardon 2022-02-04 09:32:06 UTC

This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #1712424

I am copying this bug because: 
It still applies.


Description of problem:
kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" when specifying non existent network interface

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python3-kickstart-3.16.3-2.el8.noarch
redhat-release-8.0-0.44.el8.x86_64


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use kickstart to install new vm -example (-x 'inst.ks=nfs:10.44.130.210:/storage/nfs/ks.cfg ip=10.37.193.45::10.37.195.254:255.255.252.0:hostname:eth0:off) where eth0 is interface that does not exist

Actual results:
kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist"

Expected results:
installation would report that interface is not available, it could also report available interfaces that have link

Additional info:
tested on virtual guest with virt-install

Comment 1 Pavel Valena 2022-02-15 19:21:02 UTC

Reviewed and pre-verified in the PR: https://github.com/redhat-plumbers/dracut-rhel9/pull/25

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-17 16:04:13 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (new packages: dracut), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:4070