Description of problem: After building a LiveCD using Kadischi using a FC6T2 stock disc as a repository, I boot the CD image in Qemu and/or on normal hardware and get an endless loop in __find_get_block_slow The loop looks like so: ------------------------ __find_get_block_slow() failed. block=18446744071562067968, b_blocknr=2147483648 b_state=0x00000020, b_size=4096 device blocksize: 4096 ------------------------ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.17-1.2517.fc6 How reproducible: Build LiveCD with Kadischi, boot teh CD under Qemu or normal hardware. Steps to Reproduce: 1. kadischi --text /path/to/FC6T2/repository -f /tmp/fc6t2live.iso 2. 3. Actual results: Loop in __find_getblock_slow() kernel problem. Expected results: Should boot into a Live system. Additional info: Relevant information includes: We already load cdrom.ko and ide-cd.ko which is used to allow find_live_cd.c in Kadischi find and mount the CD in question after finding a /.livecd file on the CD. This may or may not be a problem in find_live_cd.c or the kernel it's self but I want to get more info before making an assumption. cdrom.ko and ide-cd.ko were a part of the kernel before, and this didn't happen. This could be a cause? Also: Kadischi uses an Ext2 gzipped image as initrd, is this a problem either? As The loop ends up happenning right after finding a compressed RAMDISK image at block 0 during kernel bootstrap. Thanks.
Additional information: I happenned to be able to just get a peek at what it says before the loop and after finding a compressed RAMDISK at block 0, and it does say: Block size too small for device I will try with a larger block size to Kadischi during making the initrd, and report back results before pursuing this incedent as a bug. Thanks.
Additional information: Adding mke2fs -b 4096 _does_ rectify the situation in Kadischi LiveCDs when making the initrd.. This is using a initrd at size 10MB. If this is right, please close this bug. If not I can provide any additional information needed to rectify this issue.
the initrd has to be 4kb blocksize.
We have initramfs now so no worries there. We also have a great LiveDVD Workstation Edition for Fedora 28 now so that is good.