Description of problem: Create any boot medium - I tried Install DVD, Net Install DVD and USB install. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 17 final How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create boot media. 2. Attempt to boot. 3. Boot fail. Actual results: The system fails to boot. It ends with: dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue dracut Warning: /dev/disk/by-label/Fedorax2017x20x86_64 does not exist dracut Warning: /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist (As an example - from booting the Install DVD) Expected results: Normal boot -> install F17 Additional info: Machine is Athlon 64, Asus A8N5X MB with Plextor DVD-RW PIDE drive and two PIDE HDs. Machine is currently running F16. Downloaded image checksums were good, so I do not suspect file corruption. Since I cannot boot any F17 medium, I have not verified checksums on the media, but I used different physical media for each of the boot attempts. I also tried extracting the isolinux directory from the ISO image and booting it manually, no-go there either.
Problem seems more related to dracut than anaconda.
workaround: edit the kernel command line of the DVD and specify: root=LIVE:/dev/sr0 instead of the old root=LIVE:.... argument
Harold: I just tried your suggestion and was able to boot into the installer from the full install DVD. Thank you for taking the time to provide this information! I do not have time today to grind through the full installation, but will do so and update this bug or file a new one if I encounter any additional problems. Thank you for taking the time to help!
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 824617 ***