[GH-ISSUE #1236] Unable to boot Fedora, CentOS, Rocky-linux #1900

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opened 2026-03-01 18:37:11 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments
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Originally created by @Heidistein on GitHub (Apr 14, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/1236

The bootlaoder downloiads the kernel and initramfs, however the initramfs is stuck at downloading its OS. It does not start, after a very longtime it timeouts and drops me to an emergency shell. Happens om vmware/proxmox/plain qemu/hardware in different networks.

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Originally created by @Heidistein on GitHub (Apr 14, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/1236 The bootlaoder downloiads the kernel and initramfs, however the initramfs is stuck at downloading its OS. It does not start, after a very longtime it timeouts and drops me to an emergency shell. Happens om vmware/proxmox/plain qemu/hardware in different networks. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5512589/231978422-0da63df3-149f-4d14-8963-32b5df19fdb6.png)
kerem closed this issue 2026-03-01 18:37:11 +03:00
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@antonym commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2023):

Unable to reproduce, could be environmental, memory, DNS/DHCP.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1514069786 --> @antonym commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2023): Unable to reproduce, could be environmental, memory, DNS/DHCP.
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@31KM commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2023):

I have the same issue. dracut-initqueue seems do hang at first, but after a few minutes a download line pops up, but after ~440/1895M nothing happens anymore.
Sometimes dracut-initqueue fails and I'm dropped to a rescue shell.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1627542316 --> @31KM commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2023): I have the same issue. dracut-initqueue seems do hang at first, but after a few minutes a download line pops up, but after ~440/1895M nothing happens anymore. Sometimes dracut-initqueue fails and I'm dropped to a rescue shell.
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@immelrikt commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2024):

I have had the same issue. For me the solutions was to change BIOS to UEFI and boot file on DHCP server from netboot.xyz.kxpe to netboot.xyz.efi. Dracut-initqueue doesn't show any progress and takes some time to load the image, but works.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1986884382 --> @immelrikt commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2024): I have had the same issue. For me the solutions was to change BIOS to UEFI and boot file on DHCP server from `netboot.xyz.kxpe` to `netboot.xyz.efi`. Dracut-initqueue doesn't show any progress and takes some time to load the image, but works.
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