Description of problem: /etc/rc.sysinit depends on /usr/bin/find which doesn't work if /usr is not on the root filesystem Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): latest 6.93 fedora core How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Make a filesystem layout with /usr on a separate filesystem 2. Boot the system 3. Notice complaints about rc.sysinit line 515 not being able to use find Actual results: Error messages Expected results: Smooth boot sequence Additional info:
Right, that does eventually need fixed. However, if you're mounting the filesystem read-only, what's the point of splitting out /usr?
For me the problem results from the fact that I have /lib/modules and /usr on squashfs, just make things fit on a CF card. So far this wasn't a problem for with FC4 and FC5, but for FC7 it is a problem. In general there may be a problem with (maybe outdated) filesystem standards.
Are you using the readonly_root or temporary state? What for (I'm curious).
I'm using readonly_root indead, to reduce writes on the CF card which is limited to 100.000 times or so. But to change the config (which resides in /etc) we can remount it rw and afterwards remount it ro again. Also I did some trickery with /etc/mtab whcih now resides in /var wich is ramfs. I'm googling now for "temporary state", I guess I may have missed an interresting feature somewhere :-)
I think I understand it now, I found /etc/rwtab. It includes an /etc/mtab entry, which could be a problem: mount creates a /etc/mtab.tmp file and renames it to /etc/mtab. I had to patch util-linux to get around that.
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http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commit;h=9ffff0219cc67d20a1a006465b82fb73e2873dbb Fixed in 8.70-1.