Bug 461027 - Boot fails on x86_64 with / on software raid
Summary: Boot fails on x86_64 with / on software raid
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 9
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-09-03 15:02 UTC by John Ellson
Modified: 2008-09-14 15:41 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-09-14 15:41:11 UTC
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photo of boot screen (83.32 KB, image/jpeg)
2008-09-03 15:02 UTC, John Ellson
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Description John Ellson 2008-09-03 15:02:27 UTC
Created attachment 315651 [details]
photo of boot screen

Description of problem:
Boot fails  (has been failing with all 2.6.27 kernel for perhaps the past month).

System is x86_64 dual core.  With / on a software raid0 drive.

One of the error messages on the boot screen says:
   mkrootdev: could not determine nfs root target.
but root isn't nfs.

The system boots just fine with kernel-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.27-0.297.rc5.git2.fc10.x86_64


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Reboot
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
See attached boot screen photo.

Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 John Ellson 2008-09-13 12:16:07 UTC
kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.x86_64  also fails on this machine.
( I changed Fedora version of this bz to 9 to reflect this. )

kernel-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64 is OK.


I'm not seeing the "mkrootdev: could not determine nfs root target"
but it still isn't mounting / from a software raid device.

Comment 2 John Ellson 2008-09-14 15:41:11 UTC
It seems that my problem was caused by installing ltsp-client on the server.
See BZ#462228

Works OK now.


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