- Issued:
- 2007-11-07
- Updated:
- 2007-11-07
RHBA-2007:0748 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
booty bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated booty package that fixes several bugs is now available.
Description
The booty package contains a python library which provides an interface for
the creation of boot loader configuration files and the addition of stanzas
to said configuration files. These boot loader configuration files are used
by the anaconda installer.
This updated package fixes the following bugs:
- the "vmm=" line was missing in elilo.conf after installing Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5, with Xen virtualization packages selected, on Itanium
architectures. This resulted in a kernel which was un-bootable. However,
manually installing the kernel-xen RPM resolved this issue. The elilo.conf
file is correctly created in this updated package.
- in the previous package, booty incorrectly used disk names for all
devices, causing boot failures in certain SCSI environments. In this
updated package booty correctly uses disk names or labels depending on the
device, which resolves this issue.
All booty users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 250631 - [RHEL5.1 Beta] booty: not using LABEL for non-dm devices causes boot failure
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
booty-0.80.4-5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4fdefcb49852e61b14c506fd794de29910ebe18f6d47bbf0405162712d37d7ef |
x86_64 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
ia64 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
i386 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
booty-0.80.4-5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4fdefcb49852e61b14c506fd794de29910ebe18f6d47bbf0405162712d37d7ef |
x86_64 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
i386 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
booty-0.80.4-5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4fdefcb49852e61b14c506fd794de29910ebe18f6d47bbf0405162712d37d7ef |
x86_64 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
i386 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
booty-0.80.4-5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4fdefcb49852e61b14c506fd794de29910ebe18f6d47bbf0405162712d37d7ef |
s390x | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
booty-0.80.4-5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4fdefcb49852e61b14c506fd794de29910ebe18f6d47bbf0405162712d37d7ef |
ppc | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
booty-0.80.4-5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4fdefcb49852e61b14c506fd794de29910ebe18f6d47bbf0405162712d37d7ef |
x86_64 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
i386 | |
booty-0.80.4-5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96932c85637c37d4c9b41c89c7e8896dae7a2c3fcf837037426debbb994b00d2 |
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