Kiwi-Image does not boot with lvm root volume

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

Situation

A new image was build with kiwi-ng using Custom Disk Volumes and LVM like described in:
https://osinside.github.io/kiwi/working_with_images/custom_volumes.html

<systemdisk name="vgsystem" preferlvm="true"> 
    <volume name="@root" freespace="5G"/> 
    .. additional volume declarations .. 
</systemdisk> 
<size unit="G">15</size>

The image build works correctly and it can be started. However the activation of the root logical volume never finishes:

"A start job is running for /dev/mapper/vgsystem-LVRoot (wait time / no limit)"

Resolution

Please edit the Kiwi configuration file and remove the next line:

<package name="combustion >= 1.2"/>

Cause

combustion should only be used with MicroOS for first boot configuration. For SLE, jeos-firstboot should be used instead.

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Document ID:000021897
Creation Date: 01-Jul-2025
Modified Date:01-Jul-2025
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
- SUSE Manager Server

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