[cobbler] /dev/root does not exist

Nishanth Aravamudan nacc at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Aug 21 15:55:07 UTC 2014


On 21.08.2014 [11:48:46 -0400], Cameron Regan wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I am starting using Cobbler.  I have Memtest and DBAN working
> correctly on my system but for the life of me cannot get Fedora to
> boot into an install wizard.
> 
> I have tried Importing a Fedora 20 DVD and mirroring Both Fedora 18
> and 20 from mirrors.kernel.org
> 
> All end with
> 
> Warning: Could not Boot
> Warning: /dev/root does not exist

There are probably relevant messages from the kernel before these, can
you pastebin the full log?

> My kopts are as follows:
> 
> repo=http://192.168.XX.XX/cblr/links/Fedora-20-x86_64/ stage2=http://192.168.XX.XX/cblr/links/Fedora-20-x86_64/LiveOS/squashfs.img

I don't think you pass a stage2 to the installer. Per my setup for FC20,
all I pass is repo=

-Nish



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