Bug 148756 - No boot when mounting / via UUID
Summary: No boot when mounting / via UUID
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mkinitrd
Version: 2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-15 11:40 UTC by Frank Büttner
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-03-23 20:48:04 UTC
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Description Frank Büttner 2005-02-15 11:40:13 UTC 
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Description of problem:
When i try to mount / via UUID I get only a kernel panic about no initrd.

have write in the /etc/fstab:
UUID=17498484-2178-4a19-95cf-51f5d94e2b64                 /          
            ext3    defaults        1 1

this works.
But when I write in /boot/grub/menue.lst
root=UUID=17498484-2178-4a19-95cf-51f5d94e2b64 then I get the kernel
panic.
root=LABEL=/ will work. only with UUID it crash.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mkinitrd-3.5.22-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. try to mount the / filesytem at boot via UUID

    

Actual Results:  Kernel panic

Expected Results:  booting system

Additional info:
Comment 1 Peter Jones 2005-03-23 20:48:04 UTC 
Fixed in rawhide.
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