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Bug 228105

Summary:	Can not boot on system that requires pata_via
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Kai Engert (:kaie) (inactive account) <kengert>
Component:	LiveCD	Assignee:	David Zeuthen <davidz>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	dcantrell, mclasen
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2007-03-02 13:20:57 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	218444
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Description Kai Engert (:kaie) (inactive account) 2007-02-09 23:40:58 UTC

Description of problem:

Can not boot on system that requires pata_via.

It complains about missing /dev/root, drops me into an emergency shell, asking
for manual link creation. However, /dev does not contain the CD device.

This is probably related to bug 220470 and/or bug 218444.

The particular system requires the pata_via kernel module in order to access the
CD drive, which is not contained in the livecd-initramfs.img. Actually I don't
see any pata modules listed.

Should the LiveCD include more device driver kernel modules, in order to allow
booting from as many systems as possible?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 7 Test 1 LiveCD 2007-02-01

Comment 1 Kai Engert (:kaie) (inactive account) 2007-03-02 13:20:57 UTC

Whatever has caused the problem in test 1...

The Test 2 Live CD boots fine on my system.

Closing as WORKSFORME

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2007-03-02 17:41:20 UTC

Moving to 'devel' as discussed on
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-March/msg00095.html.