https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813510 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813510#c0 Summary: aaa_base/sysvinit: missing inittab makes system unrebootable Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: lnussel@suse.com ReportedBy: jengelh@inai.de QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de CC: werner@suse.com, aj@suse.de Found By: Beta-Customer Blocker: --- systemd is installed by default starting from some openSUSE version N. The following bug applies to cases where an administrator (a) installed a version older than N, and continuously upgraded it over the years (e.g. 11.3->11.4->12.1->12.2->), implicitly keeping sysvinit the default init program, or (b) installed a version >= N and willfully post-installed and runs sysvinit. When upgrading from such an openSUSE system <= 12.2 with sysvinit active, (a) installation of aaa_base-12.3 will cause a removal of /etc/inittab (b) installation of sysvinit-2.88+ causes init to be reloaded Reloading init with a non-existent inittab is... without success: # zypper dup ... # reboot # (nothing happens) # cat /dev/vcs1 INIT: Switching to runlevel: 6 ... INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel and that makes sense, given /etc/inittab was just nuked. Not good. Suggestion: move inittab to the sysvinit package and release that as an update. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.