Created attachment 1821889 [details] Log from failed boot Description of problem: Fedora IoT DVD non-OSTree fails to boot and start anaconda, timing out waiting for /dev/root to become availble. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 35 RC 20210909.0 compose[0]. How reproducible: Every time, both on bare metal and KVM. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Write image to USB drive with dd as described in test case[1] (skip if using KVM) 2. Boot, selecting boot device if necessary Actual results: dracut-initqueue devexists check fails for /dev/root: [ 138.415721] fedora dracut-initqueue[1124]: Warning: dracut-initqueue: timeout, still waiting for following initqueue hooks: [ 138.417184] fedora dracut-initqueue[1124]: Warning: /lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/finished/devexists-\x2fdev\x2froot.sh: "[ -e "/dev/root" ]" [ 138.418439] fedora dracut-initqueue[1124]: Warning: /lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/finished/wait_for_settle.sh: "[ -f /tmp/settle.done ]" [ 138.419838] fedora dracut-initqueue[1124]: Warning: dracut-initqueue: starting timeout scripts This leads to anaconda failing to start. Expected results: Anaconda to start. Additional info: IoT OSTree DVD and disk images work fine. I have attached a log from a failed boot. [0] - https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/iot/Fedora-IoT-35-20210909.0/compose/IoT/x86_64/iso/Fedora-IoT-IoT-dvd-x86_64-35-20210909.0.iso [1] - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_USB_dd
The non ostree one isn't supported it's a left over artefact of the OS compose process. Use the ostree one, it's the supported installer.