Bug 520207 - Filesystem label does not match kernel command line parameter
Summary: Filesystem label does not match kernel command line parameter
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: livecd-tools
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Cantrell
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: NeedsRetesting
: 521471 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: F12Beta, F12BetaBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-08-28 22:22 UTC by Adam Williamson
Modified: 2022-06-22 13:11 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-09-20 05:14:15 UTC
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Description Adam Williamson 2009-08-28 22:22:33 UTC
Found this bug while testing Dracut: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2009-08-27_Dracut . If you take the live image from that page, convert it to a live USB image with livecd-iso-to-disk, and try and boot it, it fails. To make it work you have to edit the kernel command line and change:

root=live:LABEL=blahblahblahblah

to:

root=live:LABEL=LIVE

i.e., the label that's written to the filesystem by livecd-iso-to-disk does not match the label it puts in the bootloader configuration. Some additional comments from IRC:

<haraldh> it generates the wrong kernel command line
<haraldh> or labels the filesystem wrong
<haraldh> either way
<adamw> why does it work with the old initrd system then? :)
<haraldh> ah, for dracut they generate a rule
<haraldh> if the LABEL is recognized
<haraldh> then the partition is mounted
<haraldh> and the squash image is mounted
<haraldh> so if the partition label does not match the label on the kernel command line
<haraldh> well
<haraldh> it's dracut specific
<haraldh> so definitely a new codepath

This is high severity and a release blocker because converting the live CD images to USB images is a very common thing for people to do, and if we were to release F12 with this broken, it'd be a significant problem.

Comment 1 Bob Arendt 2009-09-07 01:06:53 UTC
This hit the recent "F12 snapshot 1", reported as Bug 521471

Comment 2 Michael Monreal 2009-09-09 13:11:06 UTC
I am also running into this.

root=live:LABEL=LIVE does not seem to work for me as a workaround, though (on my own livecd-creator-created ISO). Is there a way to get the correct LABEL somehow?

Comment 3 Bob Arendt 2009-09-09 14:52:20 UTC
Use /sbin/dosfslabel or /sbin/e2label (depends on partition type).

Comment 4 Mike C 2009-09-09 15:24:35 UTC
Thanks Bob - yes once you have the correct label and apply it to the kernel boot line then it does boot correctly.

Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2009-09-09 20:18:17 UTC
*** Bug 521471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Adam Williamson 2009-09-11 15:48:45 UTC
assigning to dcantrell, who will be picking up livecd-tools according to denise.

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Comment 7 John Poelstra 2009-09-11 15:50:24 UTC
This bug was reviewed at the Fedora 12 Beta Blocker bug meeting on 2009-09-11. Per Denise, this package is now being maintained by dcantrell who is currently on vacation.  Will revisit at next week's meeting.

Comment 8 Warren Togami 2009-09-13 05:01:19 UTC
/sbin/dosfslabel can have some surprises.

[root@newcaprica ~]# /sbin/dosfslabel /dev/sdb1
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:original/backup)
  90:fa/0e, 91:fc/1f, 92:31/be, 93:c0/77, 94:8e/7c, 95:d0/ac, 96:bc/22
  , 97:b4/c0, 98:7b/74, 99:06/0b, 100:57/56, 101:8e/b4, 102:c0/0e, 103:b9/bb
  , 104:08/07, 106:bf/cd, 107:b4/10, 108:7b/5e, 109:f3/eb, 110:a5/f0
  , 111:8e/32, 112:d8/e4, 113:bb/cd, 114:78/16, 115:00/cd, 116:0f/19
  , 117:b4/eb, 118:37/fe, 119:0f/54, 120:a0/68, 121:56/69, 122:88/73
  , 123:16/20, 124:a1/69, 125:2c/73, 127:d2/6e, 128:78/6f, 129:15/74
  , 130:b1/20, 131:06/61, 132:89/20, 133:3f/62, 134:89/6f, 135:47/6f
  , 136:02/74, 137:f3/61, 138:64/62, 139:a5/6c, 140:8a/65, 141:0e/20
  , 142:18/64, 143:7c/69, 144:88/73, 145:4d/6b, 146:f8/2e, 147:cd/20
  , 148:13/20, 149:eb/50, 150:27/6c, 151:f6/65, 152:45/61, 153:f0/73
  , 154:7f/65, 155:75/20, 156:08/69, 157:66/6e, 158:8b/73, 159:45/65
  , 160:f8/72, 161:66/74, 162:a3/20, 163:1c/61, 164:7c/20, 165:b4/62
  , 166:08/6f, 167:cd/6f, 168:13/74, 169:72/61, 170:13/62, 171:20/6c
  , 172:e4/65, 173:75/20, 174:0f/66, 175:c1/6c, 176:ea/6f, 177:08/70
  , 178:42/70, 179:89/79, 180:16/20, 181:1a/61, 182:7c/6e, 183:83/64
  , 184:e1/0d, 185:3f/0a, 186:89/70, 187:0e/72, 188:18/65, 189:7c/73
  , 190:fb/73, 191:bb/20, 192:aa/61, 193:55/6e, 194:b4/79, 195:41/20
  , 196:8a/6b, 197:16/65, 198:a1/79, 199:2c/20, 200:cd/74, 201:13/6f
  , 202:72/20, 203:10/74, 204:81/72, 205:fb/79, 206:55/20, 207:aa/61
  , 208:75/67, 209:0a/61, 210:f6/69, 211:c1/6e, 212:01/20, 213:74/2e
  , 214:05/2e, 215:c6/2e, 216:06/20, 217:02/0d, 218:7d/0a, 220:66/00
  , 221:a1/00, 222:f8/00, 223:7d/00, 224:bb/00, 226:7e/00, 227:e8/00
  , 228:10/00, 230:66/00, 231:81/00, 232:3e/00, 233:24/00, 234:7e/00
  , 235:40/00, 236:65/00, 237:55/00, 238:77/00, 239:0f/00, 240:85/00
  , 241:c3/00, 243:e9/00, 244:3a/00, 245:02/00, 246:bd/00, 247:01/00
  , 249:66/00, 250:03/00, 251:06/00, 252:1c/00, 253:7c/00, 254:66/00
  , 255:31/00, 256:d2/00, 257:eb/00, 258:4f/00, 259:55/00, 260:e8/00
  , 261:d5/00, 263:66/00, 264:0f/00, 265:b7/00, 266:fd/00, 267:b9/00
  , 268:10/00, 270:66/00, 271:52/00, 272:66/00, 273:50/00, 274:06/00
  , 275:53/00, 276:57/00, 277:6a/00, 278:10/00, 279:89/00, 280:e6/00
  , 281:66/00, 282:60/00, 283:8a/00, 284:16/00, 285:a1/00, 286:2c/00
  , 287:1e/00, 288:16/00, 289:1f/00, 290:b4/00, 291:42/00, 292:cd/00
  , 293:13/00, 294:1f/00, 295:66/00, 296:61/00, 297:8d/00, 298:64/00
  , 299:10/00, 300:72/00, 301:10/00, 302:5d/00, 303:66/00, 304:01/00
  , 305:f8/00, 306:29/00, 307:fd/00, 308:c1/00, 309:e7/00, 310:09/00
  , 311:01/00, 312:fb/00, 313:21/00, 314:ed/00, 315:75/00, 316:c6/00
  , 317:c3/00, 318:66/00, 319:60/00, 320:31/00, 321:c0/00, 322:8a/00
  , 323:16/00, 324:a1/00, 325:2c/00, 326:cd/00, 327:13/00, 328:66/00
  , 329:61/00, 330:e2/00, 331:c2/00, 332:c6/00, 333:06/00, 334:02/00
  , 335:7d/00, 336:4f/00, 337:5d/00, 338:66/00, 339:52/00, 340:66/00
  , 341:50/00, 342:55/00, 343:53/00, 344:66/00, 345:0f/00, 346:b7/00
  , 347:36/00, 348:18/00, 349:7c/00, 350:66/00, 351:0f/00, 352:b7/00
  , 353:3e/00, 354:1a/00, 355:7c/00, 356:66/00, 357:f7/00, 358:f6/00
  , 359:31/00, 360:c9/00, 361:87/00, 362:ca/00, 363:66/00, 364:f7/00
  , 365:f7/00, 366:e8/00, 367:6b/00, 369:29/00, 370:ce/00, 371:39/00
  , 372:f5/00, 373:76/00, 374:02/00, 375:89/00, 376:f5/00, 377:c0/00
  , 378:e4/00, 379:06/00, 380:41/00, 381:08/00, 382:e1/00, 383:88/00
  , 384:c5/00, 385:88/00, 386:d6/00, 387:8a/00, 388:16/00, 389:a1/00
  , 390:2c/00, 391:95/00, 392:b4/00, 393:02/00, 394:bd/00, 395:10/00
  , 397:66/00, 398:60/00, 399:cd/00, 400:13/00, 401:66/00, 402:61/00
  , 403:72/00, 404:17/00, 405:66/00, 406:0f/00, 407:b6/00, 408:c8/00
  , 409:c1/00, 410:e0/00, 411:09/00, 412:5b/00, 413:01/00, 414:c3/00
  , 415:5d/00, 416:66/00, 417:58/00, 418:66/00, 419:5a/00, 420:66/00
  , 421:01/00, 422:c8/00, 423:29/00, 424:cd/00, 425:75/00, 426:a7/00
  , 427:c3/00, 428:4d/00, 429:75/00, 430:de/00, 431:95/00, 432:d1/00
  , 433:2e/00, 434:fc/00, 435:7d/00, 436:75/00, 437:df/00, 438:31/00
  , 439:f6/00, 440:8e/00, 441:d6/00, 442:bc/00, 443:b0/00, 444:7b/00
  , 445:8e/00, 446:de/00, 447:66/00, 448:8f/00, 449:06/00, 450:78/00
  , 452:be/00, 453:e7/00, 454:7d/00, 455:ac/00, 456:20/00, 457:c0/00
  , 458:74/00, 459:09/00, 460:b4/00, 461:0e/00, 462:bb/00, 463:07/00
  , 465:cd/00, 466:10/00, 467:eb/00, 468:f2/00, 469:98/00, 470:cd/00
  , 471:16/00, 472:cd/00, 473:19/00, 474:eb/00, 475:fe/00, 476:3b/00
  , 477:2e/00, 478:fc/00, 479:7d/00, 480:76/00, 481:04/00, 482:8b/00
  , 483:2e/00, 484:fc/00, 485:7d/00, 486:c3/00, 487:42/00, 488:6f/00
  , 489:6f/00, 490:74/00, 491:20/00, 492:65/00, 493:72/00, 494:72/00
  , 495:6f/00, 496:72/00, 497:0d/00, 498:0a/00, 504:20/00, 505:5c/00
  , 506:1a/00, 508:7f/00
  Not automatically fixing this.

Comment 9 Warren Togami 2009-09-14 00:56:55 UTC
It appears the only way I could recover from this above error was to reformat the disk.  fsck couldn't fix it.

Comment 10 Warren Togami 2009-09-14 15:23:19 UTC
I suspect that dracut insisting upon a LABEL might be wrong.

mkfs.vfat creates filesystems with a blank label.  We should require setting a label in order to use this?  mkliveinitrd did not have this requirement right?

Comment 11 Andreas Tunek 2009-09-18 12:30:47 UTC
Still happens in snapshot 2, but I guess that was expected.

Comment 12 John Poelstra 2009-09-18 15:52:48 UTC
This bug was reviewed at the Fedora 12 Beta Blocker bug meeting on 2009-09-18. It is believed to be fixed in  livecd-tools-028-1.fc12.

 It needs to be retested.  Please help us by reporting if the latest package addresses the originally reported issue.  Thanks.

Comment 13 Bob Arendt 2009-09-18 15:58:03 UTC
I'll try testing tonight;  But the fix should really get pushed to F11 (& F10?) since the F12 live media will probably be generated on a user's F11 system.

Comment 14 Warren Togami 2009-09-18 16:26:56 UTC
The bug was written to the .ISO file itself.  The old livecd-iso-to-disk should (theoretically) handle it just fine.

http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/
I did not test writing the ISO to LiveUSB using liveusb-creator.  Could someone test that with a nightly Live images?

Comment 15 Adam Williamson 2009-09-18 18:50:15 UTC
to be clear - this should be fixed in any nightly build dated 20090918 or later.

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Comment 16 Bob Arendt 2009-09-20 01:42:20 UTC
Just tested using both:
http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/xfce/xfce-i386-20090917.16.iso
http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/desktop-x86_64-20090917.16.iso

I've verified that the problem's fixed in these generated images.  The syslinux.cfg entry now loads the root by UUID instead of LABEL;  Example:

append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:UUID=6C3A-9A46 rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=UUID=6C3A-9A46 quiet  rhgb 

Both images boot and bring up a login.  The desktop-live image is healthy.  The xfce-live image has gdm(?) issues, but startxfce4 runs fine by hand from a text console.

Looks like *this* bug is fixed.

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