Bug 466868

Summary: Rescue mode doesn't recognize installation with ext4dev root fs
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Marian Ganisin <mganisin>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Radek Vykydal <rvykydal>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
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Version: 5.3CC: rvykydal
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Description Marian Ganisin 2008-10-14 08:43:59 UTC
Created attachment 320265 [details]
anaconda log in rescue mode

Description of problem:
When ext4dev type is used for root partition (/) anaconda doesn't find RHEL installation in rescue mode.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL5.3-Server-20081006.0-i386

How reproducible:
Always with described configuration.

Additional info:

On running filesystem:
# mount
/dev/hda2 on / type ext4dev (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda5 on /tmp type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/hdc on /mnt type iso9660 (ro)

Comment 1 Radek Vykydal 2008-10-14 10:20:24 UTC
Fixed with commit d0633210261e1d7ff9ee8d217215e5932c74cbae.
Will be included in 11.1.2.142.

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2008-10-14 13:44:33 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 5 Marian Ganisin 2008-10-22 09:41:41 UTC
Rescue mode is working with ext4dev. Tested on RHEL5.3-Server-20081020.1-i386.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 21:35:37 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-0164.html