Bug 690871

Summary:	Disabling kdump leads to unbootable system
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Marcus Moeller <marcus.moeller>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Release Test Team <release-test-team>
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Version:	6.1
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Description Marcus Moeller 2011-03-25 16:33:08 UTC

Description of problem:
Disabling kdump in firstboot leads to a system stucked on grub.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 6.1 Beta

How reproducible:
Disable kdump during firstboot
System should reboot
System hangs during reboot
Forced shutdown leads to broken grub bootloader

Comment 2 Marcus Moeller 2011-03-28 07:10:01 UTC

The problem does not only occur, after disabling kdump, but after firstboot in general.

Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2011-03-28 13:15:20 UTC

What is the last thing you see on the screen when you reboot?  Please attach a picture if possible?

Comment 4 Marcus Moeller 2011-03-28 13:25:14 UTC

It's the (frozen) Plymouth splash and I cannot switch to a virtual console anymore.

Comment 5 Chris Lumens 2011-03-28 13:46:06 UTC

Well, can you disable plymouth to get some debugging information here?

Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2011-04-04 02:50:35 UTC

Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.