People, Whether I use a GRUB2 configuration to boot from the XFCE LiveCD iso or extract the files and not have to use the loopback option - I get the same problem - the boot process gets past linux and initrd and then has problems ie: [ 3.141117] localhost kernel: clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x73401d16425, max_idle_ns: 881590940111 ns [ 3.400709] localhost iscsid[324]: can't open InitiatorName configuration file /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi [ 3.400773] localhost iscsid[324]: Warning: InitiatorName file /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi does not exist or does not contain a properly formated InitiatorName. If using s [ 3.400810] localhost iscsid[324]: can't open InitiatorAlias configuration file /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi [ 3.400845] localhost iscsid[324]: can't open iscsid.safe_logout configuration file /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf [ 124.495385] localhost kernel: random: nonblocking pool is initialized [ 124.799208] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [ 125.306596] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts . . [ 184.496528] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [ 185.002817] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [ 185.003527] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: Could not boot. [ 185.004425] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: /dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-24-1.2 does not exist [ 185.005291] localhost dracut-initqueue[472]: Warning: /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist [ 185.009415] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console... [ 185.010711] localhost systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual Console. [ 185.119933] localhost kernel: audit_printk_skb: 3 callbacks suppressed [ 185.120246] localhost kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1471958788.345:12): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd [ 185.012519] localhost audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/sys [ 185.012891] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Dracut Emergency Shell... Indeed, /dev/disk/by-label does not exist but I don't know to how to fix the problem - assuming it is possible to fix . . Any ideas / suggestions? (BTW, this stuff is not "Mission Critical" - it is just an interesting exercise . . ) Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au