Bug 55279 - mkbotdisk doesn't make a working bootdisk
Summary: mkbotdisk doesn't make a working bootdisk
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mkbootdisk
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matt Wilson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-10-29 05:45 UTC by Tom Diehl
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-06-03 19:12:21 UTC
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Description Tom Diehl 2001-10-29 05:45:17 UTC
Description of Problem:During the upgrade to 7.2 when prompted to make a 
bootdisk I did. Later I tried to boot the machine with it and get the 
following:
BOOT:
Loading
Boot Failed: Please change disks and press any key to continue.
I tried a different disk and even tried making another disk on a 
different machne and I got the same results.

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


How Reproducible: Every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkbootdisk `uname -r`
2. or choose to make a bootdisk during the anaconda install
3. 

Actual Results:
No errors are reported until you try to boot with the disk.



Expected Results:
Machine should boot.

Additional Information:

Comment 1 Erik Troan 2002-06-03 19:12:15 UTC
could you make sure the boot disk isn't out of free space?

I assume the boot.img for installs boots properly on this machine?

Comment 2 Tom Diehl 2002-06-03 19:55:06 UTC
 I have since upgraded the machines to 7.3 (There were 3 of them with this 
problem). I just made a boot disk on one of them and tried it and it booted 
just fine. Thanks anyway.


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