Description of problem: kernel 3.6 correctly boot with root from LVM Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): all recent kernels 3.7.x fail to boot and drop into dracut with a message that the LVM volume cannot be found in dracut doing ls /dev/mapper shows no logical volumes and lvm lvscan lvm pvscan lvm vgscan commands show nothing I've tried reinstalling grub2 grub2-install /dev/sda [root@furano jnm11]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.11-1.fc17.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.6.11-1.fc17.x86_64.img Found duplicate PV VZwO7SPc4g4Tk40N9u3DyZ8DOabUWG1q: using /dev/mapper/TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKTp2 not /dev/mapper/350000391d17828a8p2 done when I am booted in to a 3.6 kernel I get [root@furano jnm11]# lvm lvscan Found duplicate PV VZwO7SPc4g4Tk40N9u3DyZ8DOabUWG1q: using /dev/mapper/TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKTp2 not /dev/mapper/350000391d17828a8p2 ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup/lv_root' [366.60 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup/lv_swap' [5.81 GiB] inherit [root@furano jnm11]# lvm pvscan Found duplicate PV VZwO7SPc4g4Tk40N9u3DyZ8DOabUWG1q: using /dev/mapper/TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKTp2 not /dev/mapper/350000391d17828a8p2 PV /dev/mapper/TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKTp2 VG VolGroup lvm2 [372.41 GiB / 0 free] Total: 1 [372.41 GiB] / in use: 1 [372.41 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] [root@furano jnm11]# lvm vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found duplicate PV VZwO7SPc4g4Tk40N9u3DyZ8DOabUWG1q: using /dev/mapper/TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKTp2 not /dev/mapper/350000391d17828a8p2 Found volume group "VolGroup" using metadata type lvm2
Created attachment 691945 [details] /boot/grub2/grub.cfg [root@furano jnm11]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev tmpfs 1.9G 11M 1.9G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 1.9G 4.4M 1.9G 1% /run /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root 361G 339G 3.6G 99% / tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs 1.9G 1.5M 1.9G 1% /tmp /dev/mapper/350000391d17828a8p1 194M 95M 100M 49% /boot [root@furano jnm11]# ls -lth /dev/mapper/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKTp2 -> ../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKTp1 -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 TOSHIBA_MK4058GSX_696GT1JKT -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 350000391d17828a8p2 -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 350000391d17828a8p1 -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 VolGroup-lv_swap -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 350000391d17828a8 -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 2 10:27 VolGroup-lv_root -> ../dm-3 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Feb 2 10:27 control [ ^[[A^[[A[root@furano jnm11]# ls -lh /dev total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 10, 175 Feb 2 10:27 agpgart crw------- 1 root root 10, 235 Feb 2 10:27 autofs drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 400 Feb 2 10:27 block drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Feb 2 10:27 bsg crw------- 1 root root 10, 234 Feb 2 10:30 btrfs-control drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Feb 2 10:27 bus lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 2 10:27 cdrom -> sr0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3.4K Feb 2 10:30 char crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Feb 2 10:27 console lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 2 10:27 core -> /proc/kcore drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 100 Feb 2 10:27 cpu crw------- 1 root root 10, 62 Feb 2 10:27 cpu_dma_latency drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Feb 2 10:27 disk brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Feb 2 10:27 dm-0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 Feb 2 10:27 dm-1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 2 Feb 2 10:27 dm-2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 3 Feb 2 10:27 dm-3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 4 Feb 2 10:27 dm-4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 5 Feb 2 10:27 dm-5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 6 Feb 2 10:27 dm-6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 7 Feb 2 10:27 dm-7 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Feb 2 10:27 dri crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 29, 0 Feb 2 10:27 fb0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 2 10:27 fd -> /proc/self/fd crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Feb 2 10:27 full crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 229 Feb 2 10:28 fuse crw------- 1 root root 248, 0 Feb 2 10:27 fw0 srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 2 10:27 gpmctl crw------- 1 root root 10, 228 Feb 2 10:27 hpet drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 2 10:27 hugepages prw------- 1 root root 0 Feb 2 10:27 initctl drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 340 Feb 2 10:27 input crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 11 Feb 2 10:27 kmsg srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 2 10:27 log brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 Feb 2 10:27 loop0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 Feb 2 10:27 loop1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 Feb 2 10:27 loop2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 Feb 2 10:27 loop3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 Feb 2 10:27 loop4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 Feb 2 10:27 loop5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 Feb 2 10:27 loop6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 Feb 2 10:27 loop7 crw------- 1 root root 10, 237 Feb 2 10:27 loop-control crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Feb 2 10:27 lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 1 Feb 2 10:27 lp1 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 2 Feb 2 10:27 lp2 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 3 Feb 2 10:27 lp3 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 220 Feb 2 10:27 mapper crw------- 1 root root 10, 227 Feb 2 10:27 mcelog crw------- 1 root root 247, 0 Feb 2 10:27 media0 crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Feb 2 10:27 mem drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Feb 2 10:27 mqueue drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb 2 10:27 net crw------- 1 root root 10, 61 Feb 2 10:27 network_latency crw------- 1 root root 10, 60 Feb 2 10:27 network_throughput crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Feb 2 10:27 null crw------- 1 root root 10, 144 Feb 2 10:27 nvram crw------- 1 root root 1, 12 Feb 2 10:27 oldmem crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Feb 2 10:27 port crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 Feb 2 10:27 ppp crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Feb 2 13:22 ptmx drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 2 10:27 pts crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 Feb 2 10:27 random drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb 2 10:27 raw crw-rw-r--+ 1 root root 10, 59 Feb 2 10:27 rfkill lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 2 10:27 rtc -> rtc0 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 254, 0 Feb 2 10:27 rtc0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Feb 2 11:28 sda crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 0 Feb 2 10:27 sg0 crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 21, 1 Feb 2 10:27 sg1 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 80 Feb 2 13:22 shm crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 Feb 2 10:27 snapshot drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 220 Feb 2 10:27 snd brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Feb 2 10:27 sr0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 2 10:27 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 2 10:27 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 2 10:27 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Feb 2 10:27 tty crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 0 Feb 2 10:27 tty0 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 1 Feb 2 10:27 tty1 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Feb 2 10:27 tty10 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Feb 2 10:27 tty11 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Feb 2 10:27 tty12 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Feb 2 10:27 tty13 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Feb 2 10:27 tty14 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Feb 2 10:27 tty15 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Feb 2 10:27 tty16 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Feb 2 10:27 tty17 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Feb 2 10:27 tty18 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Feb 2 10:27 tty19 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 2 Feb 2 10:29 tty2 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Feb 2 10:27 tty20 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Feb 2 10:27 tty21 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Feb 2 10:27 tty22 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Feb 2 10:27 tty23 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Feb 2 10:27 tty24 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Feb 2 10:27 tty25 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Feb 2 10:27 tty26 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Feb 2 10:27 tty27 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Feb 2 10:27 tty28 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Feb 2 10:27 tty29 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 3 Feb 2 10:27 tty3 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Feb 2 10:27 tty30 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Feb 2 10:27 tty31 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Feb 2 10:27 tty32 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Feb 2 10:27 tty33 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Feb 2 10:27 tty34 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Feb 2 10:27 tty35 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Feb 2 10:27 tty36 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Feb 2 10:27 tty37 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Feb 2 10:27 tty38 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Feb 2 10:27 tty39 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 4 Feb 2 10:27 tty4 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Feb 2 10:27 tty40 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Feb 2 10:27 tty41 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Feb 2 10:27 tty42 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Feb 2 10:27 tty43 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Feb 2 10:27 tty44 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Feb 2 10:27 tty45 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Feb 2 10:27 tty46 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Feb 2 10:27 tty47 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Feb 2 10:27 tty48 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Feb 2 10:27 tty49 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 5 Feb 2 10:27 tty5 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Feb 2 10:27 tty50 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Feb 2 10:27 tty51 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Feb 2 10:27 tty52 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Feb 2 10:27 tty53 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Feb 2 10:27 tty54 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Feb 2 10:27 tty55 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Feb 2 10:27 tty56 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Feb 2 10:27 tty57 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Feb 2 10:27 tty58 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Feb 2 10:27 tty59 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 6 Feb 2 10:27 tty6 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Feb 2 10:27 tty60 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Feb 2 10:27 tty61 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Feb 2 10:27 tty62 crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Feb 2 10:27 tty63 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 7 Feb 2 10:27 tty7 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Feb 2 10:27 tty8 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Feb 2 10:27 tty9 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Feb 2 10:27 ttyS0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 Feb 2 10:27 ttyS1 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 66 Feb 2 10:27 ttyS2 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Feb 2 10:27 ttyS3 crw------- 1 root root 10, 223 Feb 2 10:27 uinput crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 Feb 2 10:27 urandom crw------- 1 root root 251, 0 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon0 crw------- 1 root root 251, 1 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon1 crw------- 1 root root 251, 2 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon2 crw------- 1 root root 251, 3 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon3 crw------- 1 root root 251, 4 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon4 crw------- 1 root root 251, 5 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon5 crw------- 1 root root 251, 6 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon6 crw------- 1 root root 251, 7 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon7 crw------- 1 root root 251, 8 Feb 2 10:27 usbmon8 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Feb 2 10:27 v4l crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 0 Feb 2 10:27 vcs crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 1 Feb 2 10:27 vcs1 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 2 Feb 2 10:27 vcs2 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 3 Feb 2 10:27 vcs3 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 4 Feb 2 10:27 vcs4 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 5 Feb 2 10:27 vcs5 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 6 Feb 2 10:27 vcs6 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 128 Feb 2 10:27 vcsa crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 129 Feb 2 10:27 vcsa1 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 130 Feb 2 10:27 vcsa2 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 131 Feb 2 10:27 vcsa3 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 132 Feb 2 10:27 vcsa4 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 133 Feb 2 10:27 vcsa5 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 134 Feb 2 10:27 vcsa6 crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Feb 2 10:27 vga_arbiter crw------- 1 root root 10, 238 Feb 2 10:27 vhost-net crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Feb 2 10:27 video0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Feb 2 10:27 VolGroup crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Feb 2 10:27 zero
Are the 3.8.2 kernels working in this regard?
Closing this bug as it has been more than 2 weeks without a response. I assume the issue is no longer occurring. Please feel free to reopen if this is not the case.