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0007488CentOS-7systemdpublic2014-08-09 21:442014-08-10 01:08
Reporterjelmd Assigned To 
PriorityimmediateSeverityblockReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Platformx86_64OSCentOSOS Version3.10.0-123.el7.x
Product Version7.0-1406 
Summary0007488: Unable to boot live iso
DescriptionWe are trying to start eval CentOS, however, not even the *GnomeLive.iso is able to get us a working copy:
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Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Started Cleanup udevd DB.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Starting Switch Root.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Reached target Switch Root.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Started Plymouth switch root service.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Starting Switch Root...
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemctl[1142]: Failed to issue method call: Invalid argument
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Failed to start Switch Root.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Startup finished in 5.295s (kernel) + 0 (initrd) + 2min 36.795s (userspace) = 2min 42.091s.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Unit initrd-switch-root.service entered failed state.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies of initrd-switch-root.service.
Aug 09 21:06:24 host.do.main systemd[1]: Starting Emergency Shell...
Steps To Reproducetry to boot the gnome live iso
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user1999

2014-08-09 22:00

  ~0020644

Did you check the checksum of your copy of the ISO after downloading it? Does it match the official one from http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7#head-9e717f2e95c7cb447ef66c0a0ae1315027b67684 ?


If it does, please share the model of your motherboard and graphics card.
jelmd

jelmd

2014-08-09 23:44

reporter   ~0020646

Yes, the iso is ok and the populated /sysroot seems to be ok as well. At least I can chroot, mount /proc and exec commands. However, e.g. init 3 doesn't work.

MB: SuperMicro X9DRH-iF
GC: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200eW WPCM450 (on BMC)
not sure, whether Graphics is the problem, because I boot into text mode.
jelmd

jelmd

2014-08-09 23:45

reporter   ~0020647

BTW: Booting CentOS 6.3 live works as expected.
jelmd

jelmd

2014-08-10 00:15

reporter  

rdsosreport.txt.gz (91,739 bytes)
jelmd

jelmd

2014-08-10 00:16

reporter  

journalctl.out.gz (49,467 bytes)
jelmd

jelmd

2014-08-10 00:31

reporter  

liveroot.894.out.gz (2,904 bytes)
TrevorH

TrevorH

2014-08-10 00:45

manager   ~0020649

Are you using physical media or a USB stick? If a USB stick, how are you creating it?
jelmd

jelmd

2014-08-10 00:59

reporter   ~0020650

I'm booting via pxe. To get it pass, I applied the patches from centos.tgz. PXE provides the initrd0.img,vmlinuz0 from the iso:/isolinux/ dir. Access to the iso is provided via NFS (the machine has no dvd drive and even if it would, nobody would be there to insert the dvd ...).
jelmd

jelmd

2014-08-10 00:59

reporter  

centos.tgz (1,919 bytes)

user1999

2014-08-10 01:04

  ~0020651

Last edited: 2014-08-10 01:08

 As far as I know for PXE boot you should use vmlinuz and initrd from images/pxeboot/

later edit: never mind, they are identical to what you used

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-08-09 21:44 jelmd New Issue
2014-08-09 22:00 user1999 Note Added: 0020644
2014-08-09 23:44 jelmd Note Added: 0020646
2014-08-09 23:45 jelmd Note Added: 0020647
2014-08-10 00:15 jelmd File Added: rdsosreport.txt.gz
2014-08-10 00:16 jelmd File Added: journalctl.out.gz
2014-08-10 00:31 jelmd File Added: liveroot.894.out.gz
2014-08-10 00:45 TrevorH Note Added: 0020649
2014-08-10 00:59 jelmd Note Added: 0020650
2014-08-10 00:59 jelmd File Added: centos.tgz
2014-08-10 01:04 user1999 Note Added: 0020651
2014-08-10 01:08 user1999 Note Edited: 0020651