Bug 479246 - mkbootdisk does not produce bootable Xen image
Summary: mkbootdisk does not produce bootable Xen image
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mkbootdisk
Version: 11
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
low
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Assignee: Stepan Kasal
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-01-08 12:08 UTC by Stepan Kasal
Modified: 2010-01-14 10:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-01-14 10:53:10 UTC
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Description Stepan Kasal 2009-01-08 12:08:04 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #243188 +++
Description of problem:
RHEL5 mkbootdisk does not produce bootable image if kernel-xen is used.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mkbootdisk-1.5.3-2.1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. execute /sbin/mkbootdisk --device boot.iso -v --iso 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen
2. write boot.iso to a CD
3. attempt booting, it will fail

Patch:
Attached file is a patch to add a new command-line switch --xen. Using this
switch produces a working boot image with kernel-xen.
Comment 1 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 10:37:19 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Comment 2 Stepan Kasal 2010-01-14 10:53:10 UTC 
kernel-xen is no longer present in Fedora 10 and up.
So the urge to add this to Fedora diminished.
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