Description of problem:

Installation of Fedora23 using virt-install results in [FAILED] Failed to start Switch Root. Running the install without ks="" option will launch anaconda without issue.



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

Fedora 23

How reproducible:

Install a Fedora 23 


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Virt-install command:

ID=fedevn07

set -x

virt-install \
-n ${ID} \
--description "DEVELOPMENT WS07 on Fedora/WS 23 iSCSI 64 bit ${ID}" \
--ram=2048 \
--vcpus=2 \
--os-variant=fedora22 \
--accelerate \
--hvm \
--network bridge:br0,model=virtio,rom_bar=off \
--nographics \
-l http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/linux/releases/23/Workstation/x86_64/os/ \
--boot loader_type=pflash,loader_ro=yes,loader=/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd,nvram_template=/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd \
--nodisks  \
--initrd-inject=/home/pascal/kvm/${ID}.ks \
--extra-args="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial ks=file:/${ID}.ks"

2. Kickstart file:

#version=DEVEL
install
# System authorization information
auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
logging --level=debug
# Use network installation
url --url="http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/linux/releases/23/Workstation/x86_64/os/"
#url --url="http://mirror.1000mbps.com/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Server/x86_64/os/"
# Use graphical install
#graphical
text
# Run the Setup Agent on first boot
firstboot --enable

# Keyboard layouts
keyboard --vckeymap=us-intl --xlayouts='us (intl)'
# System language
lang en_US.UTF-8

# Network information
network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=ens3 --ipv6=auto --activate
network  --hostname=fedevn07
# Root password
rootpw --iscrypted <topsecret>
# System timezone
timezone Europe/Amsterdam --isUtc
# X Window System configuration information
#xconfig  --startxonboot
iscsiname iqn.2015-12.nest.kleefdraakjes:fedevn07
iscsi --ipaddr 10.8.63.157
iscsi --ipaddr 10.8.63.133
ignoredisk --only-use=mpatha,mpathb,sdb,sda,sdd,sdc
# System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=mpatha
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --none --initlabel
# Disk partitioning information
part /boot --fstype="ext4" --size=500
part /boot/efi --fstype="efi" --size=200 --fsoptions="umask=0077,shortname=winnt"
part pv.224 --fstype="lvmpv" --ondisk=mpatha --size=8870
part pv.231 --fstype="lvmpv" --ondisk=mpathb --size=9570
volgroup fedora_fedevn07 --pesize=4096 pv.224 pv.231
logvol /  --fstype="xfs" --size=16384 --fsoptions="defaults,_netdev" --name=root --vgname=fedora_fedevn07
logvol swap  --fstype="swap" --size=2048 --name=swap --vgname=fedora_fedevn07

%packages
@^workstation-product-environment

%end


%post
/usr/bin/chvt 2
# redirect the output to the log file
exec >/root/ks-post-anaconda.log 2>&1
# show the output on the 7th console
tail -f /root/ks-post-anaconda.log >/dev/tty7 &
# changing to VT 7 that we can see what's going on....
/usr/bin/chvt 7

#
# Set the correct time
#

dnf -y install ntpdate

/usr/sbin/ntpdate -bus ntp.xs4all.nl
/sbin/clock --systohc


/bin/dnf -y clean all
/bin/dnf -y install wget
cd /tmp
#wget http://10.8.61.83/centos/local/7/repocfg.tgz
#wget http://10.8.61.83/centos/local/7/autofs.tar
cd /
#tar xvf /tmp/repocfg.tgz
#for k in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/* ; do /bin/rpm --import ${k} ; done
dnf -y clean all

dnf -y update
dnf -y groups install mate-desktop

....

Etc


3. Run the above virt-install command (virt-install 1.3.2) 

Actual results:

FAILED] Failed to start Switch Root.
See 'systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service' for details.

Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"


Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue.
Type "journalctl" to view system logs.
You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot
after mounting them and attach it to a bug report.


:/# systemctl status initrd--switch-root.service
\u25cf initrd--switch-root.service
   Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
   Active: inactive (dead)
:/# systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service 
\u25cf initrd-switch-root.service - Switch Root
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/initrd-switch-root.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2016-03-25 13:20:14 UTC; 44s ago
  Process: 672 ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl --no-block --force switch-root /sysroot (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 672 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Switch Root...
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemctl[672]: Failed to switch root: Specified s....
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Main proc...RE
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Switch Root.
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Unit ente...e.
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Triggerin...s.
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Failed wi...'.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
:/# systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service  -l
\u25cf initrd-switch-root.service - Switch Root
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/initrd-switch-root.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2016-03-25 13:20:14 UTC; 46s ago
  Process: 672 ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl --no-block --force switch-root /sysroot (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 672 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Switch Root...
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemctl[672]: Failed to switch root: Specified switch root path /sysroot does not seem to be an OS tree. os-release file is missing.
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Switch Root.
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.
Mar 25 13:20:14 localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
:/# 

Install aborts.

Expected results:

Install is being done conform kickstart file.


Additional info:

Under Centos-7 this works ok. Under earlier versions of Fedora 23 this worked ok too.