Description of problem: Just tried to install x86_64 Fedora 17 Alpha from the downloaded DVD iso. I did my normal hard disk install procedure, copying vmlinuz and initrd.img to my /mainboot partition where I have a stand alone grub1 setup. I put the files in the f17 subdir and made this grub.conf entry: title Install Fedora 17 Alpha root (hd0,0) kernel /f17/vmlinuz repo=hd:LABEL=ZOOTY:/downloads/otherinbox/Fedora-17-Alpha-x86_64-DVD/ initrd /f17/initrd.img When I boot that grub entry, it spews messages for a while then freezes with an error: dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Whatever is on the DVD. How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.see above 2. 3. Actual results: installer can't boot Expected results: get into anaconda screen Additional info: I'll attach a photo I took of screen after the freeze. The smolt profile of this machine is at: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_acf19b21-e2de-403e-89b8-dff38b54302e My /dev/sda disk is an SSD drive if that matters. I installed fedora 16 this way with no problems on the same hardware.
Created attachment 566689 [details] picture of screen after installer kernel froze up
I went ahead and wrote a DVD from the image, and I can boot into anaconda from a real DVD (with "normal" or UEFI booting). So I'm guessing the problem isn't hardware.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785815 ***