Bug 963159 - vmcore saved to initramfs instead of target disk
Summary: vmcore saved to initramfs instead of target disk
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dracut
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: dracut-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-05-15 09:38 UTC by Dave Young
Modified: 2013-06-02 03:01 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19
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Last Closed: 2013-06-02 03:01:21 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Dave Young 2013-05-15 09:38:58 UTC
Description of problem:

kdump hook depends on dracut to set env variable NEWROOT, but looks like NEWROOT is not set so without the proper prefix vmcore is copied to initramfs instead of real disk.

Reproduced on my new test workstation HP z420.

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Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2013-05-28 14:38:37 UTC
commit 780cb337416a21b000353d1f2dbb362690265b3b

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-05-31 08:23:36 UTC
dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-05-31 18:09:04 UTC
Package dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-9728/dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-06-02 03:01:21 UTC
dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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