Latest 9-Stream ISO Fails To Boot After Install

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Hello,

I was performing a test install of CentOS Stream 9 using the latest[1]
available dvd iso from the mirror[2].

I manually select “minimal install” from the selectable packages. The install seems to go smoothly. Upon reboot I am greeted with:

[FAILED] Failed to start Switch Root

Further examination of the switch-root service shows the following:

Failed to switch root: Specified switch root path ‘/sysroot’ does not seem to be an OS tree. os-release file is missing.

Booting into rescue media shows that the os-release file(s) actually do exist:

ls -l /etc/os-release lwrxwrxwrx. 1 root root 21 Apr 6 08:27 /etc/os-release -> ../usr/lib/os-
release

ls -l /usr/lib/os-release
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 391 Apr 6 08:27 /usr/lib/os-release

Is there anything I can do to help? What is the best way to address this issue — open a bugzilla or something else?

[1] – https://mirror.stream.CentOS.org/9-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/iso/CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso
[2] – https://mirror.stream.CentOS.org/9-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/iso/

Regards,

— Robby Callicotte FAS: rcallicotte

2 thoughts on - Latest 9-Stream ISO Fails To Boot After Install

  • I can confirm this, though I’m using diskimage-builder from OpenStack and getting the same error.  Imported images do not boot and leave the console at an emergency prompt.  First noticed July30th.

    Jack

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