Description of Problem: Using the RedHat Public Beta of Roswell, boot up would hang at the use of mkkerneldoth to generate kernel definition header(system stopped at "Enabling Swap Space [OK]"). The odd thing was that this happened out of nowhere after installation. In all honesty, the only thing that was being done (user end) to the system was the repeated power cycles of the server (I was marveling at using ext3). I was able to correct the issue of the system hanging at the boot up by commenting out the call to mkkerneldoth in rc.sysinit. I figured I should report this as a bug, and I guess hopefully learn a little bit more about the function/importance of mkkerneldoth as I am ignorant about this script. Thanks. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): roswell public beta How Reproducible: not sure exactly. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install RedHat 2. wait for problem? 3. whine about problem? Actual Results: described above Expected Results: do not know, have only had this happen once on one box...other beta installations have not had this happen yet... Additional Information: I hope that this is actually enough information.
fixed in later initscripts. remove /var/lib/rpm/__db*, and your system will boot fine.