Tom,
On 2016-08-24 00:02, users-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:50:01 +1000
> From: Philip Rhoades <phil(a)pricom.com.au>
> Subject: Booting LiveCD from the Hard Disk
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
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> People,
>
> Whether I use a GRUB2 configuration to boot from the XFCE LiveCD iso or
> extract the files and not have to use the loopback option - I get the
> same problem - the boot process gets past linux and initrd and then has
> problems ie:
>
> [ 3.141117] localhost kernel: clocksource: tsc: mask:
> 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x73401d16425, max_idle_ns: 881590940111
> ns
> [ 3.400709] localhost iscsid[324]: can't open InitiatorName
> configuration file /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
> [ 3.400773] localhost iscsid[324]: Warning: InitiatorName file
> /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi does not exist or does not contain a
> properly formated InitiatorName. If using s
> [ 3.400810] localhost iscsid[324]: can't open InitiatorAlias
> configuration file /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
> [ 3.400845] localhost iscsid[324]: can't open iscsid.safe_logout
> configuration file /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
> [ 124.495385] localhost kernel: random: nonblocking pool is
> initialized
> [ 124.799208] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning:
> dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
> [ 125.306596] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning:
> dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
>
> . .
>
> [ 184.496528] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning:
> dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
> [ 185.002817] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning:
> dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
> [ 185.003527] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: Could not
> boot.
> [ 185.004425] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning:
> /dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-24-1.2 does not exist
> [ 185.005291] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning:
> /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist
> [ 185.009415] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console...
> [ 185.010711] localhost systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual Console.
> [ 185.119933] localhost kernel: audit_printk_skb: 3 callbacks
> suppressed
> [ 185.120246] localhost kernel: audit: type=1130
> audit(1471958788.345:12): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
> subj=kernel msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd
> [ 185.012519] localhost audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0
> auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel
> msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd"
> exe="/usr/lib/systemd/sys
> [ 185.012891] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Dracut Emergency Shell...
>
> Indeed, /dev/disk/by-label does not exist but I don't know to how to
> fix
> the problem - assuming it is possible to fix . .
>
> Any ideas / suggestions?
>
> (BTW, this stuff is not "Mission Critical" - it is just an interesting
> exercise . . )
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>
> --
> Philip Rhoades
>
> PO Box 896
> Cowra NSW 2794
> Australia
> E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:01:30 -0400
> From: Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Booting LiveCD from the Hard Disk
> To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
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> On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:50:01 +1000
> Philip Rhoades wrote:
>
>> Whether I use a GRUB2 configuration to boot from the XFCE LiveCD iso
>
> I don't know if anyone ever tweaked fedora live cds to have
> the required support to boot via grub. I know at one time I
> read they wouldn't work that way. I do have several livecd
> images setup to boot from disk, but none of them are fedora.
You will note I said the boot process gets past the linux and initrd
stage - so it is past the grub stage and into the Fedora boot stage -
this is a Fedora problem not a GRUB2 problem . .
Thanks,
Phil.
--
Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au