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kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" when specifying non existent network interface

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      Given a system administrator uses kickstart for the installation of a new VM and specifies a network interface in the kickstart command that does not exist,
      When the installation process is initiated,
      Then the installation should not fail with a "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" error. Instead, it should report that the specified network interface is not available

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      • The implementation meets the acceptance criteria
      • Unit test and integration test are written and pass
      • The fix is part of a downstream build attached to an errata
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      Given a system administrator uses kickstart for the installation of a new VM and specifies a network interface in the kickstart command that does not exist, When the installation process is initiated, Then the installation should not fail with a "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" error. Instead, it should report that the specified network interface is not available Definition of Done: The implementation meets the acceptance criteria Unit test and integration test are written and pass The fix is part of a downstream build attached to an errata
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      This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #1712424

      I am copying this bug because: customer is having the same issue even on rhel 8.6

      Description of problem:
      kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist" when specifying non existent network interface

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
      python3-kickstart-3.16.3-2.el8.noarch
      redhat-release-8.0-0.44.el8.x86_64

      How reproducible:
      always

      Steps to Reproduce:
      1. use kickstart to install new vm -example (-x 'inst.ks=nfs:10.44.130.210:/storage/nfs/ks.cfg ip=10.37.193.45::10.37.195.254:255.255.252.0:hostname:eth0:off) where eth0 is interface that does not exist

      Actual results:
      kickstart installation will fail with "Warning: /dev/root does not exist"

      Expected results:
      installation would report that interface is not available, it could also report available interfaces that have link

      Additional info:
      tested on virtual guest with virt-install

              rh-ee-sfaye Stanislas Faye
              rhn-support-mjankula Marian Jankular
              Network Management Team Network Management Team
              Vladimir Benes Vladimir Benes
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