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           Summary: syslinux fails to load info file if in initrd
           Product: openSUSE 10.3
           Version: Final
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Installation
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: leem@xxxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: jsrain@xxxxxxxxxx
          Found By: Customer


Created an attachment (id=178402)
 --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=178402)
Virtual Console #3 after failure with info in initrd

Due to the wide range of hardware used, my code embeds syslinux's info and the
autoyast.xml file in the installing mini ISO's initrd.  I invoke this using the
following in isolinux.cfg:

# install
label install
  kernel linux
  append initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=65536 splash=silent showopts text netwait=5
autoyast=file:///autoyast.xml info=file:///info

Previous to openSUSE 10.3, this has worked fine, even with SLES.   However,
10.3 cannot seem to find the info file in initrd anymore.

I am using the new format (e.g. install vs. InstMode + ServerDir), however, it
fails to be parsed on install.  Moving the file to the root of the mini ISO and
changing the kernel parm to info=cd:///info works fine, so I know the format is
valid.

Attached are screen shots of it working with cd:///info, and failing with
file:///info.

Here's what's actually in initrd before compression/crc/re-insertion:

leem@newhc:~/vms/SDTEST-64/initrd$ ls -l
total 724
-rw-r--r--  1 leem leem  13713 2007-10-15 05:40 autoyast.xml
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem    536 2007-10-15 05:40 bin
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem     48 2007-10-15 05:40 dev
-rw-r--r--  1 leem leem  10761 2007-10-15 05:40 devz
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem     48 2007-10-15 05:40 download
drwxr-xr-x 10 leem leem    544 2007-10-15 05:40 etc
-rw-r--r--  1 leem leem    266 2007-10-15 06:42 info
-rwxr-xr-x  1 leem leem 684552 2007-10-15 05:40 init
-rw-r--r--  1 leem leem   5604 2007-10-15 05:40 installkey.gpg
drwxr-xr-x  5 leem leem    120 2007-10-15 05:40 lib
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem   2088 2007-10-15 05:40 lib64
-rw-r--r--  1 leem leem    169 2007-10-15 06:33 linuxrc.config
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem     48 2007-10-15 05:40 mnt
lrwxrwxrwx  1 leem leem     38 2007-10-15 05:40 modules ->
lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/initrd
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem     48 2007-10-15 05:40 mounts
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem     48 2007-10-15 05:40 proc
-rw-rw-rw-  1 leem leem    936 2007-10-15 05:40 replay
drwxr-xr-x  3 leem leem     72 2007-10-15 05:40 root
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem    568 2007-10-15 05:40 sbin
drwxr-xr-x  2 leem leem     48 2007-10-15 05:40 sys
drwxrwxrwt  2 leem leem     48 2007-10-15 05:40 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  7 leem leem    168 2007-10-15 05:40 usr
drwxr-xr-x 10 leem leem    240 2007-10-15 05:40 var
leem@newhc:~/vms/SDTEST-64/initrd$ cat info
#Serverdir: /LinuxCOE/OpenSUSE/10.3/x86_64
#InstMode: http
install=http://192.168.1.1/LinuxCOE/OpenSUSE/10.3/x86_64?device=eth0
Server: 192.168.1.1
Textmode: 1
HostIP: 192.168.1.179
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Nameserver: 192.168.1.1
Netdevice: eth0
leem@newhc:~/vms/SDTEST-64/initrd$


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