Re: Report from another try of running ostree

[Michael Hill <mdhillca gmail com>]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Colin Walters <walters verbum org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 16:27 -0500, Michael Hill wrote:
>
>> # qemu-kvm -vga vmware -cpu core2duo -M pc-0.15 -kernel
>> /boot/ostree/vmlinuz-3.4.11-yocto-standard -initrd
>> /boot/ostree/initramfs-3.4.11-yocto-standard.img -hda ostree-qemu.img
>> -m 1024M -vga vmware -append 'rd.plymouth=0 root=/dev/sda1
>> ostree=gnome/current ' -monitor stdio
>
> You probably want /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1.  The script creates a raw
> ext4 image, not a partitioned disk.
>
> Also, I recommend using virtio, like this:
>
> -drive file=/ostree/ostree-qemu.img,if=virtio
>
> Then you'll need to boot with root=/dev/vda .

Thanks, Colin. That gets me much further with a fresh installation on
Mageia 3, which loads the kernel, mounts the drive and stops at the
point of reaching the target graphical interface (without launching
it).

However, F18 and openSUSE (I'm running the -devel tree everywhere)
fail in a similar manner to before:

dracut Warning: /sysroot/ostree/gnome/current has no proper rootfs,
layout, ignoring and removing offending mount hook
dracut Warning: Can't mount root filesystem

Mike