no /dev/root when doing remote install using the netinstall iso...

[dwoody5654]

On 08/13/2015 03:13 AM, Kamil Paral wrote:
>> I downloaded the netinstall 23-Alpha from
>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/test/23_Alpha/Server/i386/iso/.
>>
>> The grub menu I created is:
>> menuentry 'Remote Install' {
>> set root='hd0,msdos1'
>> echo    'Loading Linux'
>> linux /boot/vmlinuz-remote
>> repo=hd:sda2:/Fedora-Server-netinst-i386-23_Alpha.iso selinux=0
>> ks.device=enp0s30 ks=hd:sda2:/ks.cfg --noip6 inst.sshd ramdisk_size=8192
>> panic=30
>> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
>> initrd  /boot/initrd-remote.img
>> }
>>
>> Both vmlinuz and initrd were copied from the iso.
>>
>> Booting the menu entry 'Remote Install', It gets to the 'Reached Basic
>> system' and after a few minutes drops to dracut with the /dev/root does
>> not exist error message.
>>
>> I added the LABEL to the linux line in grub.cfg that I got from the iso
>> file isolinux.cfg. This did not help.
>> Searches found comments that the LABEL should be set to LIVE. That did
>> not work either.
>>
>> I then burned the iso and booted with it. I got the the screen where you
>> make selections from language etc. I then stopped as I would like to
>> accomplish the install remotely.
>>
>> I have been using the above entry for grub.cfg since f16(with some
>> modifications as Fedora requirements changed) with no problems.
>>
>> Anyone else seeing this?
>> What am I over looking?
>>
>> David
> I'm not sure if it is the same problem (I booted from PXE with DVD.iso on the hard drive and had no issues with mounting root), but please note that using DVD.iso image from a hard drive is broken at the moment:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252902
>
> There might be another regression affecting netinst or loading it directly from grub.
Is there any additional tests I can run or information I can provide to 
help isolate the problem?

David