<div dir="ltr">Or, sosreport.txt collected with rd.debug boot option will provide a valuable information to know the root cause. </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Oliver Haessler <<a href="mailto:oliver@redhat.com" target="_blank">oliver@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is there a way to have a look at the kickstart file? It might be easier than guessing :D <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "therbur" <<a href="mailto:fxb7-ox9n@dea.spamcon.org">fxb7-ox9n@dea.spamcon.org</a>> > To: <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 8:43:40 AM > Subject: Re: Kickstart hangs at dracut-initqueue (CentOS 7.2) > > Frantisek Krecmer <<a href="mailto:f.krecmer@gmail.com">f.krecmer@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I had similar problem with RHEL7 recently and it was caused by > >network. I > >configured wrong NIC during installation and it dropped to dracut > >shell. > > > >Regards, > >FK > > Thanks for the response. > > I don't think it's the NIC - I don't specify anything; there's only > one > Ethernet port connected, and with CentOS 5.7 it works fine, I think > kickstart defaults to whatever link it is using to PXE boot, which is > what > is needed; I don't know why this aspect would be any different > between the > distros. At one point I did try the second of the two Ethernet ports > on > the unit being loaded, and it did not get any further. > > > > >On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:20 PM, therbur <<a href="mailto:fxb7-ox9n@dea.spamcon.org">fxb7-ox9n@dea.spamcon.org</a>> > >wrote: > > > >> therbur <<a href="mailto:fxb7-ox9n@dea.spamcon.org">fxb7-ox9n@dea.spamcon.org</a>> wrote: > >> > >> >I have a Cobbler setup that loads a CentOS 5.7 OK. I am trying > >> >to add a > >> >CentOS 7.2 load. > >> > > >> >It stops just after the line that shows: > >> > > >> >... dracut-initqueue ... Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed > >> > > >> >Actually, it doesn't stop, it just pauses a long time, then says > >> >dozens of > >> >messages like: > >> > > >> >... warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts > >> > > >> >Then it comes to a "dracut>" prompt. Doing "journalctl" as it > >> >suggests, I > >> >don't see anything obvious that would tell me the actual problem. > >> > Also > >> >tried "cat /proc/cmdline" and it worked, didn't see anything > >> >unusual. > >> > > >> >What is it looking for when it gets to the dracut-initqueue line? > >> > What > >> >are some possible causes/solutions? > >> > >> No ideas? In case it's helpful, here's the dracut rdsosreport.txt > >> for the > >> problem: > >> > >> <a href="http://pastebin.com/uyx8p9bA" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/uyx8p9bA</a> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Kickstart-list mailing list > >> <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> > >> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>