Booting (latest) fedora live system fails: dracut-initqueue

Hello,

I’m using an lenovo ideapad 5i pro from 2023. Secure boot is disabled! I created a live USB stick with different software tools like dd, rufus, fedora media creator and also used different usb sticks. I always got the same error.

Can somebody please help me?

Kind regards.

Hello and welcome @shotokanda!

I just wanted to check which version of the Fedora live USB that you are using to boot the laptop. The disk label seems to show that it is Fedora Workstation 35.

It seems like it’s related to this post, but I’m not sure if a proper resolution was met: Livecd-iso-to-disk tool error dracut-initqueue

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Thank you very much, Ms. Pham :slight_smile: .

I also tried it with the latest version. The error remains the same.

Kind regards.

Just out of curiosity, is your system set to use Legacy BIOS or UEFI boot mode?

Also, Mr. not Ms. :slight_smile:

It’s set to UEFI :slight_smile:

Ohh, sorry Mr. Pham :wink:

Essentially, it is saying it cannot find itself. The firmware/bootloader loads the kernel and initramfs into memory, but from then on, the Linux drivers are supposed to take over and interact with the hardware.

I guess you would need to press enter to drop to the rescue shell and then run dmesg to see if you can find any hints about why it is failing to activate your USB bus.

As a workaround, you might be able to use a different device such as a DVD or you could even write the image out to a secondary HDD if you have one.

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I maybe found a solution:
When booting and entering the boot menu (F12 key on my lenovo ideapad), I had the following boot devices to choose from:

  • my installed OSes
  • Fedora
  • Fedora (the same entry again)
  • Linpus lite (SanDisk)

The USB Stick im booting from is a SanDisk. When booting from the “Fedora” entries, I receive the previously mentioned error. However, when booting from the “Linpus Lite” entry, it quickly and properly boots as it should. No problems at all.

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