Bug 679628 - Can't find root when boot starts
Summary: Can't find root when boot starts
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dracut
Version: 15
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: dracut-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-02-23 02:41 UTC by rwh3
Modified: 2013-01-10 06:28 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-01-23 09:11:39 UTC
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Description rwh3 2011-02-23 02:41:09 UTC 
Description of problem:
Can't boot from USB-connected DVD drive on eeePC1005HA

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Test_Day:2011-02-24_Intel

How reproducible:
Consistent

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Burn ISO to CD using Brasero [ubuntu]
2.Select DVD as boot device and boot
3.
  
Actual results:
Unable to find boot device error soon after booting.

Expected results:
Normal boot

Additional info:
Boots okay if iso installed to USB key with livecd-iso-to-disk
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-04-01 23:35:06 UTC 
Hard to say what the problem might be without seeing the exact error message. Moving to livecd-tools on the suspicion that it might somehow put a bad label on the kernel cmdline.
Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2011-04-08 08:06:20 UTC 
boot with "rd.debug rd.break" and inspect /init.log
Comment 3 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2011-10-20 16:19:56 UTC 
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
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