Questions tagged [dracut]
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packer - hyperv - centos dracut initqueue timeout errors
facing errors while using packer to build an image with hyperv for centos8
attaching logs at ends
1) its picking the ks.cfg,
2) its getting the ip as well from dhcp, i could see in the rdsosreport....
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Install own kernel in CentOS. Is that possible?
So I'm having a customized kernel(.deb packages).
And like I wanna apply kernel on CentOS. Is this possible?
Over the internet found out that it's possible with "dracut tool", but how?
Or I ...
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Unable to disable kernel module
I'm trying to disable kernel module for my motherboard's bluetooth chip: btintel.
I've added a blacklist entry to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-btintel.conf (I also tried blacklist.conf, this didn't make ...
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How to configure lvm from dracut emergency shell?
I am sorry if this is a silly question or someone has already answered it.
I am new to linux and encounter a problem with booting into OS (Qubes OS 4.0.1). After some time searching about the problem,...
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CentOS-8 - Unsealing LUKS volume with TPM2 module - clevis issue
Im trying to get a LUKS volume unlocked by the TPM-module on a Dell Optiplex 3060. The binding seems to work fine:
clevis luks bind -d /dev/nvme0n1p3 tpm2 '{"pcr_ids":"7"}'
$ luksmeta show -d /dev/...
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Linux kernel on ppc64le: vmlinux equivalent in arch/powerpc/boot/
When I run self compiled kernel on ppc64le on QEMU with vmlinux, it works (instructions from https://github.com/linuxppc/wiki/wiki/Booting-with-Qemu):
wget -c https://openpower.xyz/job/initramfs/job/...
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Kernel Panic - Not syncing : VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)
After updating more than ~1000 things my installation of RHEL 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64.
I get the following kernel panic message:
Kernel Panic - Not syncing : VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-...
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What does this dracut log output mean? Why is there an infinite loop?
I'm fighting a server with Centos 7 that doesn't start. I've no idea why. I found that I can pass the rd.debug parameter to the kernel and it logs a LOT of dracut initialization messages. 1.6MB in ...
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Eject live CD on reboot/shutdown
This problem has been posted before but didn't seem fully resolved (link: Eject CD on shutdown). So the problem is booting off of live CD then I want to eject the CD on reboot or shutdown. I have ...
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Live USB with custom CentOS image and Veracrypt Partition
Context:
I have a USB drive with 2 partitions: the first one is a custom, non-persistent, image of CentOS 7.6 1810 (with GNOME) and the second one is an encrypted data partition. The objective is to ...
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dracut cmdline bonding arguments using multiple arp_ip_target
Trying to create a network bond using dracut cmdline with multiple arp_ip_targets. According to the man page of dracut.cmdline (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/dracut.cmdline.7.html): "If options ...
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What is the relationship between dracut and initramfs?
When experiencing a boot failure I see the system drop to a prompt which says dracut.
It is my understanding dracut is used to generate an image of initramfs. What I'm confused about is that based on ...
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System boots into Dracut mode in CentOS 7
Recently tried booting up my server but i get the following error. It seems that initramfs is not able to generate and i tried to boot into rescue mode and found that fstab file was empty. Updated the ...
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Unable to re-create initramfs using dracut
I am experimenting on some rescue situations using CentOS7 minimal image and virtualbox.
I:
deliberately deleted my initramfs file
booted from CentOS7 minimal iso image
entered into rescue mode
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FIPS integrity test failed on RHEL 7.5 with 4.X kernel
I have a Dell PowerEdge R7425 with Intel NVME P4500/P4510 NVME drives.
On the 3.10 kernel, the NVME drives throw I/O errors very frequently, and these errors have led to a system halt once already.
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RAIDs disappearing on reboot (Centos 7.5)
I'm trying to create 4 RAID 0 disk arrays on my system running Centos 7.5 and have the RAIDs automount after a reboot. For some reason, only one of the RAIDs /dev/md0 is persistent between boots. The ...
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Problem with starting Oracle Linux after Migrating form OVM to hyper-v
I am planing to move form OVM to hyper-v, in-order to do the migration, I shutdown OVM (VM is using Oracle Linux 7.2) normally, then exported the appliance from OVM Console, move it to Windows machine ...
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Unable to upgrade openSUSE Leap 42.2 to 42.3
I'm trying to upgrade from openSUSE Leap 42.2 to 42.3 using:
:~> cd /etc/zypp/repos.d
:~> sed -i 's/42.2/42.3/' *
:~> zypper refresh
:~> zypper dup
:~> reboot
After rebooting I get messages such ...
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Mageia 5.1 dracut error
im trying to boot into mageia 5.1 and it comes up with this error
dracut warning: could not boot dracut warning: /dev/disk/by-uuid/3438-85aO does not exist
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Migrate from Initramfs-tools to Dracut
I have a question about migrating fron "Initramfs-tool" to "Dracut".
Initramfs-tools relies on customization scripts hosted by the folders "/etc/initramfs-tools/" and "/usr/share/initramfs-tools/".
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warning /dev/centos/root swap centos-root does not exist — after configuring DRBD
I configured DRBD on default CentOS 7.3 Installation like following:
/dev/centos/home was taking all the space in sda2 so reduced it and created /dev/centos/home (20% space) and /dev/centos/drbd (...
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How do I change dracut-initqueue timeout?
During boot, my CentOS 7 box yields a bunch of messages like [ 202.161851] myhost dracut-initqueue[381]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts and then drops me to a prompt. I ...
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How can I execute tpm2_nvread in the initramfs image created by dracut for centOS 7?
I want to load unlock my LUKS partition (root file system) at boot time using a TPM 2.0.
I've had no success using a keyscript=/path/to/script in my /etc/crypttab file, however I made progress using ...
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Should userspace stop MD RAID arrays during shutdown? If so, why?
The following comment confuses me:
It just so happens, that dracut has code in the shutdown routine, which shuts down all raid arrays...
For non-root disks this should be part of an mdadm ...
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How to add cryptsetup to Dracut
I'm switching to Dracut and I've numerous problems. In order to eliminate them one by one, first I want my system to boot correctly. So my Grub2 entry looks like this:
menuentry 'dracut' {
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amazon aws : dracut mount filesystems in random order?
I have two linux instances on amazon. Both of them have one disk device.
For test, I power off one instance (A) and attach its volume to the second one (B), as /dev/xvdf
Into this server, I can ...
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Making update-persistent changes to initrd in CentOS
I am booting a CentOS image via NFS, which requires a custom initramfs from dracut, with some extra modules. I want the kernel to get updated normally, using yum update. This will automatically ...
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Creating generic initramfs that is kernel-independent
I've just setup a proof-of-concept UEFI, PXE, NFS diskless booting system. For the NFS booting to work, I needed to create a custom initramfs using dracut-network including modules for nfs, network, ...
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Dracut not finding root device
When I boot my server, it shows the following and hangs forever:
[ 88.166038] usb 2-1: device not accepting address 2, error -110
[ 88.285980] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ...
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openSuse 42.2 is unable to boot when root is on RAID1 which is broken (with one missing/new/empty disk)
Here is the case:
I have two disks setup in RAID 1 as follows:
/dev/md0 (/dev/sda1 + /dev/sdb1) → /boot
/dev/md1 (/dev/sda2 + /dev/sdb2) → /
My scenario:
Start server with RAID 1 and array fully ...
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Fedora 24 boot stops at “Starting Switch Root…” after disabling udev/udisks
I'm installing a new Fedora 24 system, and just for "fun", I ran this command:
systemctl -t service|grep 'loaded active running'| perl -anle 'print "systemctl stop $F[0]; systemctl disable $F[0]"' | ...
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Cannot boot up when Adaptec SCSI card is replaced
Current Fedora 19 installation is on an Adaptec 29320 and I am trying to
temporarily replace it with an Adaptec 29160. The functionality of the cards is
very nearly the same except the replacement is ...
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build initramfs for different host
Cross compiling a kernel takes minutes, deploying
the thing on the target machine takes an hour.
Most of the time is spent generating the initramfs.
Both the build host and the target run Fedora which
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Running dracut on AWS EBS Centos 7 prevents booting
I have a minimal Centos 7 build. When I run dracut --force, it builds a new initramfs that is 20mb smaller. The only difference in the modules section is an absence of qemu.
localhost login: [ 3322....
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LUKS decryption at boot: using an nfs mount to store the key
I've been through this site for a number of LUKS related questions. I've seen methods for storing the LUKS key in plaintext on the root filesystem or on a USB key.
My question is: Is there a way ...
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boot problem in linux
I have unfortunately format drive /dev/sda2. So all the /root,/home,swap LVM no longer exists. Because of this my server is unable to work properly.
it shows only
dracut#>Dracut Error:
[ OK ] ...
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My CentOS 7 won't boot anymore
My CentOS 7 won't boot anymore. I returns by after boot:
Assuming drive cache: write through
I found some things to remove rhgb via the boot menu, but that didn't work. I remove it, and saved it ...
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Where are isoboot, boot=isolinux and iso-scan/filename parameters documented?
I see this example in the dracut docs:
linux (loop)/isolinux/vmlinuz0
boot=isolinux
iso-scan/filename=$isofile
root=live:LABEL=$isolabel
ro
rd.live.image
These texts:
https://...
