Or, sosreport.txt collected with rd.debug boot option will provide a valuable information to know the root cause.
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Oliver Haessler <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a way to have a look at the kickstart file? It might be easier than guessing :D
----- Original Message -----
> From: "therbur" <fxb7-ox9n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 8:43:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Kickstart hangs at dracut-initqueue (CentOS 7.2)
>
> Frantisek Krecmer <f.krecmer@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <fxb7-ox9n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> therbur <fxb7-ox9n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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:
> >>
> >> http://pastebin.com/uyx8p9bA
> >>
> >>
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