Bug 90775

please provide output of "sh -x mkbootdisk ..."

[oracle@simpheny oracle]$ sh -x mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.9-
e.27enterprise
+ pause=yes
+ unset kernel
+ device=/dev/fd0
+ unset verbose
+ unset witheth
+ unset mkinitrdargs
+ unset compact
+ MOUNTDIR=/tmp/mkbootdisk
+ 
PATH=/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/bin:/mnt/sysima
ge/usr/bin:/mnt/sysimage/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/b
in:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/bin:/opt/oracle/product/9.2/bin:/root/bin:/
opt/oracle/product/9.2/bin:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/bin:/opt/oracle/pro
duct/9.2/bin
+ export PATH
+ VERSION=1.4.2
+ '[' 3 -gt 0 ']'
+ shift
+ device=/dev/fd0
+ shift
+ '[' 1 -gt 0 ']'
+ '[' -z '' ']'
+ kernel=2.4.9-e.27enterprise
+ shift
+ '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
+ '[' -z 2.4.9-e.27enterprise ']'
+ '[' -d /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27enterprise ']'
+ '[' -f /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.27enterprise ']'
+ '[' -f /etc/modules.conf -a -f /lib/modules/2.4.9-
e.27enterprise/modules.dep ']'
++ sort -u /etc/modules.conf
++ awk '/^alias eth0/ { print $3 }'
+ ethmodule=e1000
+ '[' -n e1000 ']'
+ echo e1000
+ grep '\.o$'
++ grep /net/e1000.o /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27enterprise/modules.dep
++ head -1
+ deps=
++ echo
++ cut -d: -f2
+ deps=
+ witheth= --with e1000
+ '[' -f /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27enterprise/fs/isofs.o ']'
+ '[' -f /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27enterprise/fs/nfs.o ']'
+ '[' -f /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27enterprise/fs/fat.o ']'
+ '[' -f /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27enterprise/fs/msdos.o ']'
++ awk '$1 ~ /^[^#]/ && $2 ~ /^\/$/ { print $1 ; exit }' /etc/fstab
+ rootdev=LABEL=/
++ echo LABEL=/
++ cut -c1-6
+ '[' LABEL= = LABEL= ']'
++ echo LABEL=/
++ cut -c7-
+ rootlabel=/
++ tail +3 /proc/partitions
++ awk '{ print $4 }'
++ grep '^md'
+ list=
++ tail +3 /proc/partitions
++ awk '{ print $4 }'
++ grep -v '^md'
+ list= sda
sda1
sda2
sda3
sda4
sda5
sda6
sda7
sda8
sda9
sdb
sdb1
+ rootdev=
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda1
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda2
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda3
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda4
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda5
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda6
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda7
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda8
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sda9
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sdb
+ tune2fs -l /dev/sdb1
+ '[' -z ']'
+ echo 'Cannot find root partition in /etc/fstab.'
Cannot find root partition in /etc/fstab.
+ exit 1
[oracle@simpheny oracle]$


The fstab looks like this:


LABEL=/ /       ext3    defaults        1       1
LABEL=/boot     /boot   ext3    defaults        1       2
none    /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0       0
LABEL=/home     /home   ext3    defaults        1       2
LABEL=/opt      /opt    ext3    defaults        1       2
LABEL=/opt/oracle/orad  /opt/oracle/oradata     ext3  defaults  1 2
none    /proc   proc    defaults        0       0
none    /dev/shm        tmpfs   defaults        0       0
LABEL=/tmp      /tmp    ext3    defaults        1       2
LABEL=/usr      /usr    ext3    defaults        1       2
LABEL=/var      /var    ext3    defaults        1       2
/dev/sda2       swap    swap    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda        /mnt/cdrom      auto    noauto,ro       0       0
/dev/fd0        /mnt/floppy     auto    noauto  0    0              

are you running mkbootdisk as root or as oracle?

I was running as a regular user (oracle). When I run as root it seems 
to work. Someone should probably update the error message this 
produces to state that root must be used to execute this command. I 
thought I had done this as root in the past, but it has been over 5 
months since I posted this bug, so who knows now. Note that, I 
believe changing the fstab works around this so that a normal user 
can also create a resuce disk, since it is probably the tune2fs 
command that is actually "not working" when logged into a regular 
user. In any case, if this isn't a "bug" the error output should at 
least be made to reflect more potential causes of the problem then it 
does now.