dracut-initqueue[197]: Warning: Could not boot, ... /dev/root does not exist

Kamil Paral kparal at redhat.com
Wed Oct 10 19:06:11 UTC 2012


> For the Live-Desktop, I get
> 
> dracut-initqueue[196]:  Warning:  could not boot
> dracut-initqueue[196]:  Warning:
>  /dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-18-BetaTC3-x86_64-Live-D does not exist
> dracut-initqueue[196]:  Warning:  /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist
> 
> Entering emergency mode.  Exit the shell to continue
> Type "journalctl" to view sytem logs.
> 
> dracut:/#_
> 
> Any ideas?  Does a bug against dracut exist in this matter?  I happen
> to not be able to run newer kernels because I get this startup on a
> regular Fedora 18 post Alpha installation.

Antonio, I start to suspect that you're not booting from CD/DVD, are you? Do you create a bootable USB somehow?
How?


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