Created attachment 588977 [details] "rpm -qa --last" before and after preupgrade. Description of problem: First described in: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820351#c36 After going through preupgrade, I ended up with a 3.3.7-1.fc17 kernel which boots with the message: -------------- [ 0.020998] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC [ 1.457035] ata1: softreset failed (device not ready) ata_id[241]: unable to open '$devnode' dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue dracut Warning: /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol00 does not exist Dropping to debug shell. dracut:/# --------------- Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): I am going to attach my rpm -qa --last before and after preupgrade. kernel-3.3.7-1.fc17 How reproducible: Always, tried rebooting a few times, until I did rpm -ivh --force <the-same-kernel>. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: The problem was fixed with booting the old f16 kernel (and let it crash on shutdown), do rpm -ivh --force <koji_url_of_3.3.7-1.fc17> to re-install the f17 kernel.
Somebody might want to look at where "unable to open '$devnode'" comes from...
Please attach your anaconda logs.
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