Lots of unpleasant messages, won't be seen by people who boot unattended straight into X. NB. I have not actually seen any serious consequences of this so far, so recording a low severity for now. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot up 2. Read messages 3. Worry ;) Actual Results: Noticed the following messages (could only grab the first few, you know what it's like trying to capture boot messages!). INIT: version 2.84 booting /sbin/rc: line 256: /mnt/.init.d/softlevel: Read-only file system install: cannot create directory `/mnt/.init.d/failed': Read-only file system install: cannot create directory `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new': Read-only file system ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/bootmisc' to `/etc/init.d/bootmisc': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/checkfs' to `/etc/init.d/checkfs': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/checkroot' to `/etc/init.d/checkroot': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/clock' to `/etc/init.d/clock': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/consolefont' to `/etc/init.d/consolefont': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/hostname' to `/etc/init.d/hostname': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/keymaps' to `/etc/init.d/keymaps': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/localmount' to `/etc/init.d/localmount': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/mnt/.init.d/softscripts.new/modules' to `/etc/init. Expected Results: The messages should not appear. Looks like some of the contents of /etc/init.d are written successfully before the problem occurs. 22 $ ls -la /mnt/.init.d/ total 28 drw-r--r-- 12 root root 300 Mar 10 12:46 ./ drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Mar 5 12:49 ../ drwxr-xr-x 62 root root 1240 Mar 10 12:44 after/ drwxr-xr-x 64 root root 1280 Mar 10 12:44 before/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Mar 10 12:44 broken/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11651 Mar 10 12:44 depcache -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4578 Mar 10 12:44 envcache drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 260 Mar 10 12:44 need/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Mar 10 12:46 options/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 Mar 10 12:44 provide/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Mar 10 12:44 snapshot/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Mar 10 12:44 softlevel drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 640 Mar 10 12:44 softscripts/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 620 Mar 10 12:46 started/ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 180 Mar 10 12:44 use/ 23 $ mount /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime) proc on /proc type proc (rw) none on /dev type devfs (rw) tmpfs on /mnt/.init.d type tmpfs (rw,mode=0644,size=2048k) /dev/hda5 on /mnt/vast type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdb3 on /mnt/scratch type ext3 (rw) /dev/hdb5 on /mnt/monster type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) 24 $ df -aTh Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 ext3 6.1G 3.6G 2.2G 63% / proc proc 0 0 0 - /proc none devfs 0 0 0 - /dev tmpfs tmpfs 2.0M 28K 2.0M 2% /mnt/.init.d /dev/hda5 ext3 87G 68G 20G 78% /mnt/vast /dev/hdb3 ext3 6.1G 4.3G 1.5G 75% /mnt/scratch /dev/hdb5 ext3 106G 56G 50G 53% /mnt/monster tmpfs tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm usbdevfs usbdevfs 0 0 0 - /proc/bus/usb 8 $ emerge info Portage 2.0.47-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.2-r0) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/init.d /etc/xfce /etc/X11/xkb /etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/mnt/scratch/portage" DISTDIR="/mnt/scratch/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/mnt/scratch/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/mnt/scratch/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg libg++ mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex bonobo svga java guile X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt kde motif opengl cdr samba mysql postgres odbc dvd -doc dga aalib fbcon mozilla sse tcltk mta-tls" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache userpriv usersandbox"
I would suggest using the currently masked baselayout 1.8.6.2
Or try a different kernel ? I cannot see anything affecting a tmpfs mount to behave like this, except if a kernel problem, or maybe if / is still ro, and /etc/mtab is stale. Maybe include contents of /proc/mounts as well.
Haven't rebooted yet - busy machine . . . These look OK though. Will reboot now! 221 $ cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 none /dev devfs rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 tmpfs /mnt/.init.d tmpfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/vast ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hdb3 /mnt/scratch ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /mnt/monster ext3 rw 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 222 $ cat /etc/mtab /dev/hda3 / ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 none /dev devfs rw 0 0 tmpfs /mnt/.init.d tmpfs rw,mode=0644,size=2048k 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/vast ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hdb3 /mnt/scratch ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /mnt/monster ext3 rw 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0
<rebooted> The nasty boot messages have now gone away. I upgraded baselayout and deleted /etc/mtab for good measure. The kernel was a known good one so I left it as is. Anyway, I now have both /mnt/.init.d AND /var/state/init.d viz: 2 $ ll /mnt/.init.d/ total 60 drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 ./ drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2003-03-05 12:49 ../ drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 after/ drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 before/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 broken/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 cache/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4578 2003-03-13 12:19 envcache -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2002-11-19 23:56 .keep drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 need/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 options/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 provide/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 snapshot/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 softscripts/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 started/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2002-11-20 10:58 use/ (note envcache is current) 3 $ ll /var/state/init.d/ total 64 drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:21 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:10 ../ drwxr-xr-x 62 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 after/ drwxr-xr-x 64 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 before/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 broken/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11651 2003-03-13 12:19 depcache drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 need/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:21 options/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 provide/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 snapshot/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 2003-03-13 12:20 softlevel drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:20 softscripts/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:21 started/ drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2003-03-13 12:19 use/ Is this right? Also, there is a duplicate mount entry for / in df: 4 $ df Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs 6.1G 3.6G 2.2G 63% / /dev/root ext3 6.1G 3.6G 2.2G 63% / none devfs 0 0 0 - /dev proc proc 0 0 0 - /proc /dev/hda5 ext3 87G 69G 18G 80% /mnt/vast /dev/hdb3 ext3 6.1G 4.4G 1.4G 76% /mnt/scratch /dev/hdb5 ext3 106G 56G 50G 53% /mnt/monster tmpfs tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm usbdevfs usbdevfs 0 0 0 - /proc/bus/usb I guess the new baselayout is experimental so I'm not losing too much sleep over this . . . comments?
Update to 1.8.6.3 .... its fixed there.
Will try to get the 1.8.6* versions in testing at least soonish.
