File preservation doesn't work for s390x or ppc as their initrd's are not in /boot/initrd.img. As a result spacewalk-koan calls merge-rd.sh with a hardcoded string of '/boot/initrd.img' and fails. The result is the entire provisioning fails. Need to update spacewalk-koan to handle these different files.
*** Bug 578205 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(No customer case, not considering for 541 cycles, leaving on current tracker)
I'm having this problem with an x86_64 installation as well. Case number is 00612740.
We have re-reviewed this bug, as part of an ongoing effort to improve Satellite/Proxy feature and bug updates, review and backlog. We're closing this Bugzilla due to the Satellite 5 version this bug was reported against having been EOL (End-of-Life) [1]. Please re-open if the issue still exists in the latest Satellite 5 version. [1] Satellite Life Cycle page: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite