Bug 849672

Summary: Network is not started when ip= parameter is not specified during installation
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Martin Banas <mbanas>
Component: dracutAssignee: dracut-maint
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: high    
Version: 18CC: awilliam, dracut-maint, harald, jonathan, kparal, mbanas, robatino, wwoods
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: 849675 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-09-17 22:55:33 UTC Type: Bug
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gzipped logfile without ip= parameter
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gzipped logfile with ip=dhcp parameter
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gzipped logfile with ip=eth0:dhcp parameter none

Description Martin Banas 2012-08-20 14:16:15 UTC 
Created attachment 605713 [details]
gzipped logfile without ip= parameter

Description of problem:
When we start installation of Fedora-18 one of following cmdlines, network is not started and user is dropped to debug shell:

1.) rd.debug repo=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-Alpha-TC3/Fedora/x86_64/os/
2.) rd.debug repo=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-Alpha-TC3/Fedora/x86_64/os/ ip=dhcp

This used to work previously, in RHEL-7 and also in Fedora.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 18-Alpha-TC3
dracut-023-2.fc18
anaconda-18.6

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the installation with one of the 2 cmdlines from Description
2. You will be dropped to debug shell since the network is not set up.
  
Actual results:
User is dropped to debug shell, network is not configured.

Expected results:
Installation should start network if needed.

Additional info:
If I use ip=eth0:dhcp, everything works OK.
Comment 1 Martin Banas 2012-08-20 14:17:15 UTC 
Created attachment 605714 [details]
gzipped logfile with ip=dhcp parameter

This one is with ip=dhcp parameter, doesn't work too.
Comment 2 Martin Banas 2012-08-20 14:17:58 UTC 
Created attachment 605715 [details]
gzipped logfile with ip=eth0:dhcp parameter

This one is working fine.
Comment 3 Will Woods 2012-08-20 16:44:22 UTC 
Yeah, there were some changes in the way you tell dracut to bring up the network (the rd.neednet argument is no longer used).

I've got a patch that should fix this: https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/anaconda-patches/2012-August/000638.html

It should be pushed to git shortly and will probably be in the next anaconda build.
Comment 4 Harald Hoyer 2012-08-21 18:07:49 UTC 
dracut-023-13.git20120821.fc18
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-08-22 22:58:36 UTC 
anaconda-18.6.1-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.6.1-1.fc18
Comment 6 Will Woods 2012-08-28 20:20:23 UTC 
*** Bug 849632 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Kamil Páral 2012-08-29 12:33:42 UTC 
Transferring blocker status from bug 849632. Setting state to ON_QA, we need to verify this in the next TC.
Comment 8 Adam Williamson 2012-08-31 20:15:42 UTC 
TC4 should include this, so please re-test.
Comment 9 Martin Banas 2012-09-03 06:37:54 UTC 
Retested on TC5, both cmdlines from description now works without issues.

Thank you.
Comment 10 Kamil Páral 2012-09-03 08:09:17 UTC 
Yes, PXE + inst.repo=http:// seems to work with Alpha TC5.
Comment 11 Adam Williamson 2012-09-17 22:55:33 UTC 
18.6.7 went stable, so closing this.