Did you check the kernel command line in grub.cfg to see what root= is set to? That is the only place I know specifically references what to look for on the switch root. On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 10:41 AM stan <stanl-fedorauser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm trying to clone an existing Fedora install, just a / partition and > a /boot partition, both ext4. I use rsync, > # rsync -C -x -u -a -v -A -X /mnt/old/ /mnt/new > to clone both partitions from a running Fedora. > I then clean up the /etc/fstab and /boot/grub2/grub.cfg by changing the > UUIDs of the / and boot partitions. > Formerly, that would be enough. I would run mkconfig to find the new > installs from an existing Fedora, and boot into them from the grub > menu of that existing install. > > That failed at switch root. Research found that the initramfs is now > hostonly, so will not boot on a different root. I generated a new > initramfs using dracut with --no-hostonly on the existing / old > install, and copied it to the new /boot. Then altered the new grub.cfg > to use that as the initramfs, ran mkconfig in the existing / old > install to pick up the change, and rebooted. > > Still not working, though it now fails because systemd kills itself > after switch root. And hangs because it can't find /bin/bash. As near > as I can tell, everything is there. /usr/sbin/init links > to /usr/lib/systemd/systemd, and the initramfs has those links in it, > so why is switch root failing? The only thing I can come up with is > that systemd somehow keeps track of the system it was installed on, and > is failing to find something from the old system because it isn't > mounted. > > Can anyone offer any insight? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
