I updated my machine to baselayout-1.8.6.2 and my machine halts after booting the kernel. I get an error message that states that my /var/state directory is non-existant and that I should mount my drive writable and create the directory. Here is a copy of my /etc/fstab: /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda6 / reiserfs noatime 0 0 /dev/hda5 /boot reiserfs noauto,noatime,notail 1 1 /dev/hda7 /var reiserfs noatime 0 0 /dev/hda8 /usr reiserfs noatime 0 0 /dev/hda9 /mnt/snatch-local reiserfs noatime 0 0
need to check for existing bugs first. see bug #15175, then chroot your install from the disk and run etc-update
You did not update /etc/inittab. Attach your version.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15175 ***