dracut warning: could not boot

[Carsten Aulbert]

Hi Pete

On 07/25/2014 06:33 PM, Peter Keller wrote:
> ################################################
> .. Relatively normal stuff.
> ... [snip]
> ... Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 1596.373 MHz.
> ... Switching to clocksource tsc
> 
> ... dracut Warning: Could not boot.
> dracut Warning: Could not boot.
> 
> Dropping to debug shell
> /bin/sh: 0: can't access tty; job control turned off
> dracut:/#
> ################################################

you could add dracut debug messages by adding command line arguments (to
the kernel pxeconfig line)

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Dracut_problems#Additional_dracut_boot_parameters


> It *seems* that after the kernel boots and discovers the usb devices, it
> somehow suddenly forgets that it is using the usb device as a network
> interface card.
> 

I also think so, that sems to be the norm if your booted kernel does not
support this card out of the box (e.g. missing non-free firmware)

> Also, Thank You for all the great help I've gotten on this list.  I
> know sometimes I get answers then vanish for a week without saying
> thanks. Sorry about that.

HTH

Carsten

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