#10307 NORM 10.1.3: Boot has failed - dracut: FATAL : Don't know how to handle 'root=mtd0'

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#10307: Boot has failed - dracut: FATAL : Don't know how to handle 'root=mtd0'
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           Reporter:  Nuke          |       Owner:  Quozl                            
               Type:  defect        |      Status:  assigned                         
           Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  10.1.3                           
          Component:  not assigned  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:                |    Keywords:  dracut boot fail q2e44           
        Next_action:  diagnose      |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:                |   Blockedby:                                   
           Blocking:                |  
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Changes (by Quozl):

  * status:  new => assigned
  * next_action:  never set => diagnose
  * owner:  => Quozl
  * version:  1.0 Hardware => Development build as of this date
  * milestone:  10.1.2 => 10.1.3
  * keywords:  dracut boot fail => dracut boot fail q2e44


Old description:

> XO-1 with q2e44.  Updated to 10.1.2 yesterday.
>
> SD card has Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Teapot version updated) installed.  Usually
> XO boots directly to Ubuntu.  Wanted to make backup of SD card.
>
> I understand that if you boot and hold down "O" game pad controller
> button, the XO-1 should boot to Sugar.  The boot process hangs.
>
> Errors msg:
>
> dracut: FATAL : Don't know how to handle 'root=mtd0'
> dracut: Refusing to continue
> Signal caught!
> Boot has failed, sleeping forever.

New description:

 XO-1 with q2e44.  Updated to 10.1.2 yesterday.

 SD card has Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Teapot version updated) installed.  Usually
 XO boots directly to Ubuntu.  Wanted to make backup of SD card.

 I understand that if you boot and hold down "O" game pad controller
 button, the XO-1 should boot to Sugar.  The boot process hangs.

 Errors msg:
 {{{
 dracut: FATAL : Don't know how to handle 'root=mtd0'
 dracut: Refusing to continue
 Signal caught!
 Boot has failed, sleeping forever.
 }}}

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Comment:

 Please remove the SD card from the slot and confirm for us whether the
 XO-1 boots to Sugar with or without the "O" game pad key.

 (It seems likely that our dracut configuration might not properly handle
 the existence of an SD card with Ubuntu 8.04 on it.)

 Also, could you please identify the development build you have installed.
 10.1.2 is not yet released, so I can't tell from what you said.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10307#comment:1>
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