Bug 491300 - anaconda can't find the linux partition in rescue mode
Summary: anaconda can't find the linux partition in rescue mode
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-20 10:07 UTC by Alex Kanavin
Modified: 2009-03-23 18:38 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-03-23 18:38:15 UTC
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anaconda.log (7.33 KB, text/plain)
2009-03-20 10:07 UTC, Alex Kanavin
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program.log (328 bytes, text/plain)
2009-03-20 10:07 UTC, Alex Kanavin
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storage.log (14.28 KB, text/plain)
2009-03-20 10:08 UTC, Alex Kanavin
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syslog (30.69 KB, text/plain)
2009-03-20 10:08 UTC, Alex Kanavin
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Description Alex Kanavin 2009-03-20 10:07:09 UTC
Created attachment 336016 [details]
anaconda.log

When I boot the latest rawhide iso in rescue mode, anaconda searches for the existing partitions to mount for a bit, and then announces it couldn't find anything. All the logs from /tmp attached.

Comment 1 Alex Kanavin 2009-03-20 10:07:37 UTC
Created attachment 336017 [details]
program.log

Comment 2 Alex Kanavin 2009-03-20 10:08:12 UTC
Created attachment 336018 [details]
storage.log

Comment 3 Alex Kanavin 2009-03-20 10:08:54 UTC
Created attachment 336019 [details]
syslog

Comment 4 Alex Kanavin 2009-03-20 10:09:20 UTC
The linux partitions should be on sdb.

Comment 5 Chris Lumens 2009-03-20 19:34:57 UTC
What release of Fedora do you have installed on your sdb drive?

Comment 6 Alex Kanavin 2009-03-20 19:44:21 UTC
Fedora 10

Comment 7 Chris Lumens 2009-03-20 20:43:51 UTC
This should be fixed in the next build of anaconda.  I just did a couple related rescue mode commits that should take care of this problem.

Comment 8 Alex Kanavin 2009-03-22 13:21:28 UTC
Yes, just tried the latest rawhide boot.iso and it finds and mounts the installation partition. However, there is now a different problem: the mount seems to mess up SELinux labels. If I reboot after the rescue-mode mount, there's a ton of permission denied messsages and the system hangs. Things work just far enough to boot in single mode and run

$ restorecon -v -R /

and then it works again. Restorecon prints a few messages like

restorecon reset / context system_u:-object_r:mnt_t:s0 -> system_u:-object_r:root_t:s0

Comment 9 Joel Andres Granados 2009-03-23 18:38:15 UTC
Alex:
Pls open a new bug for you selinux issue.


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