Description of problem: I installed Fedora Core 2 Test 2 on my Dell PII-450 machine. Installation goes fine. When I reboot, I get this error: INIT: version 2.85 booting INIT: No inittab file found Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: I tried to re-install overtop of the initial install, but the same problem occurs under reboot. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Begin the install. pass the lines "linux reiserfs" to the boot screen. 2. Proceed in the install. 3. Reboot. See the No inittab file found message. Actual results: inittab is not found by the init process. Expected results: inittab should be there. Additional info: I have found this using "linux resiserfs" as the boot params during the install, because I wanted reiserfs support. I don't know if this error is caused because of asking for reiserfs. During bootup, it appears that it recognizes the reiserfs as 3.6, so I don't think its an issue of a missing kernel module. I plan to re-install clean on the same box, without specifying reiserfs, to see if that is the problem. If that clears it up, still seems as there is an issue. I have also booted disabling selinux, and had the same error, so I'm fairly certain it is not an selinux issue.
Since I cannot actually get into any runlevel, I cannot attach output from dmesg. Let me know if there is anything other info that I can give you. I forgot to mention, my partitions are like this (IDE drive): /dev/hda1 = swap /dev/hda2 = /boot = ext3 /dev/hda3 = / = reiserfs
This sounds like either an issue with files not getting installed right on reiserfs, or the known issue where SELinux will not work with reiserfs (bug 119486).
Bill/Arjan, I did try to boot with selinux=disabled, but I still see the same issue. I chose the third form of SELinux (can't remember what that's called, not disabled, and not active. The mode where it just logs the events). -Kevin
I can confirm this - and I also used "linux reiserfs" option.
Once booted from CD, manually mounted root partition: mkdir /tmp/screwit mount /dev/hda5 /tmp/screwit And manually installing package: rpm -i --root /tmp/screwit --noscripts --notriggers init* Seems worked ok (except some errors about pre-scripts) and created /etc/inittab file. After reboot, kernel paniced during hardware detection.
FYI -- We have seen the same problem (no /etc/inittab) on the following: Dell 6300 (4 procs, 2.5G memory) Perc2 megaraid (466) without SELinux enabled Reiserfs on /, resierfs within LVM on /tmp, swap, /usr, /var. Qlogic 2200 HBA (no storage attached for install) Incidentally, on a fresh install, that has SElinux enabled, we get a DOS on the text screen. Can not login or anything.
Created attachment 99116 [details] anaconda installer logfile/syslog and ls of etc after install
Created attachment 99117 [details] anaconda installer logfile/syslog and ls of etc after install augh resending as binary...
Looking at the attachment for the install.log it looks like it can not update some /etc files, is it looking in the right location?... Some clues: ... Installing rpm-4.3-0.22.i386. warning: user rpm does not exist - using root warning: group rpm does not exist - using root ... Installing initscripts-7.48-1.i386. groupadd: cannot rewrite group file error: %pre(initscripts-7.48-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 10 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping initscripts-7.48-1 ... Installing slocate-2.7-7.i386. groupadd: cannot rewrite group file error: %pre(slocate-2.7-7) scriptlet failed, exit status 10 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping slocate-2.7-7
(1) Installing system from cdrom with args: linux resierfs selinux=0 causes it to install fine (2) reboot from cd: linux rescue (3) copy/tar over /dev/mapper device entries to /sysimage The machine should boot OK now to test FC2t2.
The initscripts and slocate packages invariably fail to install for me with the above-mentioned errors. On two different computers (noname Athlon/SiS and Inspiron 5150), on both ext3 and reiserfs (both with and without "reiserfs" boot parameter). Also with SElinux set to either "Active" or "Disabled"(however without "selinux=0" bootparam). Obviously not all of the above combinations, but several. Additionally, errors about not being to update group and passwd files, as mentioned above. Workaround is to boot with init=/bin/bash after install, install initscripts manually and fix group and passwd files.
instructions in comment #10 do not work. had to install initscripts manually after install from 'linux rescue' mode.