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Bug 818707 - "network --device=link" in kickstart breaks boot
Summary: "network --device=link" in kickstart breaks boot
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dracut
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: dracut-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: AcceptedNTH
Depends On:
Blocks: F17-accepted, F17FinalFreezeExcept
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-05-03 18:51 UTC by Kamil Páral
Modified: 2012-05-08 04:16 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dracut-018-31.git20120504.fc17
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-05-08 04:16:49 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:

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Description Kamil Páral 2012-05-03 18:51:23 UTC 
Description of problem:
First reported in bug 806931, then posted here.

$ virt-install --name AutoQA --ram 1024 --vcpus 1 --os-type linux --os-variant
fedora15 --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/AutoQA.img,size=10 --location
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/i386/os/ --graphics
none --initrd-inject=/usr/share/autotest/tests/rats_install/fedora.ks
--extra-args "sshd serial console=ttyS0 ks=file:/fedora.ks"

[    5.924950] dracut Warning: 'method=' is deprecated. Using
'repo=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/i386/os/'
instead.
dracut Warning: 'method=' is deprecated. Using
'repo=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/i386/os/'
instead.
[    5.941403] dracut: anaconda: parsing kickstart /fedora.ks
[    6.602987] dracut: rd.luks=0: removing cryptoluks activation
[    6.623960] dracut: rd.lvm=0: removing LVM activation
[    6.656924] dracut: FATAL: Please supply bootdev argument for multiple ip=
lines
[    6.659117] dracut: Refusing to continue


[    6.661050] dracut Warning: Signal caught!
dracut Warning: Signal caught!
[    6.663333] dracut Warning: dracut: FATAL: Please supply bootdev argument
for multiple ip= lines
dracut Warning: dracut: FATAL: Please supply bootdev argument for multiple ip=
lines
[    6.667672] dracut Warning: dracut: Refusing to continue
dracut Warning: dracut: Refusing to continue
[    6.670366] dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist
dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist

[    6.673621] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
[    6.675277] Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 3.3.4-1.fc17.i686 #1
[    6.676947] Call Trace:
[    6.677718]  [<c09201d8>] ? printk+0x2d/0x2f
[    6.678918]  [<c09200b4>] panic+0x81/0x178
[    6.680182]  [<c043b51f>] do_exit+0x7ff/0x800
[    6.681443]  [<c043b7b4>] do_group_exit+0x34/0xa0
[    6.682763]  [<c043b838>] sys_exit_group+0x18/0x20
[    6.684102]  [<c0928074>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb


Will Woods' comment:

I'm 98% sure this is caused by a bug in dracut, which should be fixed by this
patch: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.initramfs/2639

* Using a kickstart with "network --device=link" causes parse-kickstart to
write "ip=..." args to /etc/cmdline.d, then unset CMDLINE
* The bug with _getcmdline causes the "ip=..." arg to get duplicated
* "getargs ip=" returns the duplicated "ip=..." args, and then the network
module dies with the "Please supply bootdev argument for multiple ip= lines"
error.
Comment 1 Kamil Páral 2012-05-03 18:52:50 UTC 
See attachment 573018 [details] to see the kickstart used.

Proposing as NTH. A lot of existing kickstarts may be broken and we can't fix
this with an update after final release.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-05-04 11:23:30 UTC 
dracut-018-31.git20120504.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-018-31.git20120504.fc17
Comment 3 Kamil Páral 2012-05-04 14:04:33 UTC 
How can I test this? dracut is part of initrd.img, right? How can I build it from updates-testing?
Comment 4 Tim Flink 2012-05-04 17:36:44 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> How can I test this? dracut is part of initrd.img, right? How can I build it
> from updates-testing?

Either build a test iso or wait for the next compose that includes it - that will include the new dracut in the initrd.
Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2012-05-04 17:42:29 UTC 
Discussed at 2012-05-04 NTH review meeting. Seems to break significant kickstart functionality (choice of network device), so accepted as NTH.



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Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-05-04 22:17:12 UTC 
Package dracut-018-31.git20120504.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dracut-018-31.git20120504.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7315/dracut-018-31.git20120504.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 7 Kamil Páral 2012-05-07 09:25:40 UTC 
In F17 TC3 this seems fixed.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-05-08 04:16:49 UTC 
dracut-018-31.git20120504.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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