After installation of http://ppc.koji.fedoraproject.org/stage/f19-20130409-TC6.1/ppc64/iso/Fedora-19-ppc64-DVD.iso , I proceeded to boot the multipath system. Preparing to boot Linux version 3.9.0-0.rc4.git0.1.fc19.ppc64 (mockbuild.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.8.0 20130322 (Red Hat 4.8.0-1) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Tue Mar 26 12:24:25 MST 2013 Detected machine type: 0000000000000101 Max number of cores passed to firmware: 512 (NR_CPUS = 1024) Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... done command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.9.0-0.rc4.git0.1.fc19.ppc64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora_riley6-root ro rd.lvm.lv=fedora_riley6/swap rd.dm=0 rd.md=0 rd.luks=0 rd.lvm.lv=fedora_riley6/root vconsole.keymap=us rhgb quiet memory layout at init: memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned) alloc_bottom : 0000000006650000 alloc_top : 0000000008000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000008000000 rmo_top : 0000000008000000 ram_top : 0000000008000000 instantiating rtas at 0x0000000006e10000... done Querying for OPAL presence... not there. boot cpu hw idx 0 starting cpu hw idx 2... done starting cpu hw idx 4... done starting cpu hw idx 6... done copying OF device tree... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000006660000 -> 0x00000000066615da Device tree struct 0x0000000006670000 -> 0x0000000006690000 Calling quiesce... returning from prom_init [ 3.748344] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/rcutree.c:2314 [ 3.748363] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 97, name: multipathd [ 3.748476] BUG: scheduling while atomic: multipathd/97/0x10000002 [ 3.748770] BUG: scheduling while atomic: multipathd/97/0x00000002 [ 4.195622] rport-1:0-4: blocked FC remote port time out: removing target and saving binding [ 4.195675] rport-1:0-5: blocked FC remote port time out: removing target and saving binding [ 4.287158] device-mapper: table: 253:0: multipath: error getting device [ 4.302678] device-mapper: table: 253:0: multipath: error getting device [[32m OK [0m] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. [[32m OK [0m] Reached target Paths. [[32m OK [0m] Reached target Basic System. [[32m OK [0m] Found device /dev/mapper/fedora_riley6-swap. [[32m OK [0m] Found device /dev/mapper/fedora_riley6-root. [[1;31m TIME [0m] Timed out waiting for device dev-mapper-mpatha2.device. [[1;33mDEPEND[0m] Dependency failed for Initrd Default Target. Warning: /dev/mapper/mpatha2 does not exist Generating "/run/initramfs/sosreport.txt" Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue. Type "journalctl" to view system logs. You might want to save "/run/initramfs/sosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot after mounting them and attach it to a bug report. :/#
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 927432 ***