Note: I did a search for this and was astonished not to find any bugs reported on anaconda in limbo. I hope I did the correct search. Description of Problem: I did a from-scratch install with root /dev/hda7. I have regular RedHat 7.3 also installed on this machine with root on /dev/hda2, and /dev/hda2 already has the label /. /dev/hda7 was labelled /1 (which is fine). I told the installer to install grub on /dev/hda7 (rather than /dev/hda) which it did correctly. The /boot/grub/grub.conf that it generated contains this line: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-7.80 ro hdd=ide-scsi root=LABEL=/1 which is wrong. The kernel doesn't like root=LABEL=/1. root=/dev/hda7 would correct. Presumably this string came from the same source that was used for generating /etc/fstab, but I should refrain from idle speculation in this bug report. I am otherwise able to boot fine by editing this line to change root=LABEL=/1 to root=/dev/hda7. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): limbo 7.3.93 grub-0.92.4 How Reproducible: unknown Steps to Reproduce: I don't really know, but I described my configuration above: from scratch install onto an unused partition with another partition on the system already labelled as /, instruct grub (using advanced options in the installer) to install grub on the root device instead of the master boot record. Actual Results: grub.conf generated the invalid root=LABEL=/1 kernel parameter. Expected Results: grub.conf should have had root=/dev/hda7 as an argument rather than root=LABEL=/1.
Oops -- sorry about this. The booting problem I had was not related to this. This bug report is wrong. Just ignore it.