Bug 1018925 - initramfs created during disk image installation does not boot
Summary: initramfs created during disk image installation does not boot
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: David Lehman
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-10-14 17:28 UTC by David Lehman
Modified: 2014-06-18 01:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-19.31.28-1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-06-13 12:12:01 UTC
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Description David Lehman 2013-10-14 17:28:38 UTC 
Description of problem:
The new default for initramfs generation is hostonly, which makes little sense when you are installing the OS to a disk image file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-19.20-2.el7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. patch anaconda to fix bug 955202
2. perform an installation to a disk image file on x86
3.

Actual results:
System fails to boot after installation is complete.

Expected results:
Newly installed system boots successfully.

Additional info:
It is also necessary to tell dracut to use /dev/disk/by-uuid/ symlinks to reference block devices instead of trying to resolve them to device node paths at initramfs creation time.
Comment 1 David Lehman 2013-10-14 17:29:48 UTC 
I have a patch to fix this. I'll be sending it off for review today.
Comment 3 Jan Stodola 2013-11-15 12:00:28 UTC 
Retested with anaconda-19.31.34-1.el7, installation to a disk image was successful, it was possible to boot from the image in kvm.

Thanks, moving to VERIFIED.
Comment 4 Ludek Smid 2014-06-13 12:12:01 UTC 
This request was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

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