Bug 849002

Summary:	dracut-initqueue errors while booting
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Piruthiviraj Natarajan <piruthiviraj>
Component:	dracut	Assignee:	dracut-maint
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	18	CC:	dennis, dracut-maint, harald, jonathan
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Description Piruthiviraj Natarajan 2012-08-17 03:35:02 UTC

I tried all the fedora 18 alpha images TC 1,2,3 x86_64 on USB thumb drive and I could not reach beyond emergency shell.

The screen shows 
dracut-initqueue[305]:mount no media found on /dev/sr0
dracut-initqueue[305]:warning couldn't mount /dev/sr0
dracut-initqueue[305]:warning no suitable image
dracut-initqueue[305]:warning could not boot
dracut-initqueue[305]:warning /dev/root doesnt not exist.

and ends with a dracut shell prompt.

The image cannot boot into xorg whatsoever.
I didn't find anyone posting this error so I filed a new bug.

If you need anything more I here to help.

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2012-08-17 14:37:39 UTC

sr0 ?? What is the kernel command line?

Comment 2 Piruthiviraj Natarajan 2012-08-17 15:12:02 UTC

vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img quiet rd.live.check

This is all I have on my kernel command line. fedora 17 had a longer kernel command line.

Comment 3 Piruthiviraj Natarajan 2012-08-31 17:30:28 UTC

I tested F18 TC4 image too. Same errors on USB install. why not this bug qualify as an Alpha blocker?

Comment 4 Jens Petersen 2012-11-07 02:26:15 UTC

How did you write the iso to usb?

Comment 5 Piruthiviraj Natarajan 2012-11-07 02:35:03 UTC

I used dd.

Comment 6 Harald Hoyer 2012-11-29 15:28:41 UTC

you should use "livecd-iso-to-disk" rather than "dd" for that.

Comment 7 Piruthiviraj Natarajan 2012-11-29 15:47:12 UTC

well this bug has become obsolete becoz of the numerous changes that happened meanwhile in Anaconda.

Now everything works fine. 
@ harald 

Why would you recommend to use livecd-iso-to-disk when we already have a dd which does the job perfectly?

Comment 8 Harald Hoyer 2012-11-30 07:38:11 UTC

(In reply to comment #7)
> well this bug has become obsolete becoz of the numerous changes that
> happened meanwhile in Anaconda.
> 
> Now everything works fine. 

ok, then you can close it.

> @ harald 
> 
> Why would you recommend to use livecd-iso-to-disk when we already have a dd
> which does the job perfectly?

Hmm, because I would think, that "livecd-iso-to-disk" is not just "dd", and to rule out other human errors, I suggest to use it.