Setting hostname error, at startup

[ronald]

Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
> I get this every time I boot, in the initrd console:
> 
> Setting hostname thereisnospoon:  [  OK  ]
> ERROR: No arguments allowed with -i
> 
> I checked /etc/rc.sysinit and the only relevant thing it contains is this:
> 
> ###
> # Set the hostname.
> update_boot_stage RChostname
> action $"Setting hostname ${HOSTNAME}: " hostname ${HOSTNAME}
> ###
this message is generated near line 270 (search dmraid)
maybe put in a "read" and reboot or -iirc- init 1 and init 3.
(currently not sure if rc.sysinit is handled with init 1)
> 
...
> 
> So, how do I fix it?
> 
already bz:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207092

i have seen this problem for month and solved it shortly.
i had played with hd mirroring month ago.
since then, one of my hd's held at signature which marked it as raid
(mirror) member.
(fc5 never cared about, fc6 *do* !)

this was the entry in rc.sysinit:
dmraid -ay --ignorelocking pdc_dhhjahccbf

the last part is/was the signature.
dmraid -r will show this.

see. man dmraid

with this signature i wasn't able to work with the drive under fc6t3.
no swap access to that drive,...
see [2]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-September/msg00206.html

maybe it's the same for you or the bugzilla-*solution*...

hint:
if it is the dmraid signature problem: install a other kernel, cause
it's handled by that.
you can see the differences with

zcat initrd-<your-kernel-version> | cpio -di

and an compare of the init's of 2 diff. kernels.
look at dm-....

(seen under *fc6t3*++)

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    ronald