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Created attachment 1571625 [details]
sosreport from failed install

Description of problem:
kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" when specifying non existent network interface

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python3-kickstart-3.16.3-2.el8.noarch
redhat-release-8.0-0.44.el8.x86_64


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use kickstart to install new vm -example (-x 'inst.ks=nfs:10.44.130.210:/storage/nfs/ks.cfg ip=10.37.193.45::10.37.195.254:255.255.252.0:hostname:eth0:off) where eth0 is interface that does not exist

Actual results:
kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist"

Expected results:
installation would report that interface is not available, it could also report available interfaces that have link

Additional info:
tested on virtual guest with virt-install

Configuration of the network device is done by dracut, so I'm changing the component.

Can you try to reproduce this again with 8.3. We did a ton of changes in networking stack.

Reviewed and pre-verified in: https://github.com/redhat-plumbers/dracut-rhel8/pull/7

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (dracut bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:2105