[Bug 457048] New: Installer permits / mount by label, but needs device to mkinitrd "nodename not found"
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457048 Summary: Installer permits / mount by label, but needs device to mkinitrd "nodename not found" Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: RC 1 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- nodename not found Cound not find the filesystem type for root device /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 To Reproduce : Install from Live CD, use 'create partioning' and use a label to mount root filesystem /. This after several attempts to install on a disk prepared by Fedora, some LVM filesystems hae useful data, so I need to reuse the Fedora / and /boot filesystems, whilst creating a new /home in it's own logical volume. Using mount labels, helps me avoid later confusion, especially as I have to switch disks round for an install, due to libata problems with Promise Fastrak ATA controllers. Things seem to succeed until the install tries to "Install Boot Manager". The Installer does know the device, that the root filesystem was built on, however the part that creates the initrd, appears to pass the fstab(5) device name to mkinitrd rather than the filesytem's device in /dev. Either the info should be passed from the partitioner part of installer to the bootmanager part, or it should check that the root filesystem is mounted via a valid device, or some less cryptic error message should be made by the bootmanager installer. As is, a user who sets labels, will run into the non-obvious error, only after the software's copied into the filesystems, which takes quite a while. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Andreas Jaeger
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Alexander Orlovskyy
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Alexander Orlovskyy
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