Description of problem: automated test cases for ia64 fail due to the following error: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 RAMDISK: incomplete write (-28 != 32768) 12582912 VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,2) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,2) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.9-69.EL anaconda-10.1.1.88-1 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the installer (need more details here, will investigate how out test cases run the installer) 2. 3. Actual results: Kernel panic Expected results: Install starts Additional info: * prior to that I have RHEL4-U6 on one machine and 5.2 on another * seeing this on different machines/different test cases (although they should start the install in the same manner) * see full console log attached
Created attachment 303767 [details] full log from rebooting the system to kernel panic
Sounds like HP box, adding Doug... Is it able to be reproduced on other ia64 boxes?
I thought we determined this was a problem with KATE and not an OS bug. However, since I can't see the private comments there is more to this than I know. Could someone enlighten me?
Sorry for the noise once again: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/anaconda.git?p=anaconda.git;a=commitdiff;h=7699ed181dfbf819e370889b86402fdd35a884cd This commit didn't make it into the 88-1 build of anaconda. This is 2/2 patch that's needed to fix bug #443373 (it is changing the default value for ramdisk_size in the boot images). According to jgranado that's why we've been seeing the kernel panic with 0424.0 tree.
Doug, the bug was reopened due to seeing the same behavior with Xen but comment #10 explains it all.