Debian Bug report logs - #802187
debian-installer: On first boot after install init hangs due to missing symlink "/etc/mtab to /proc/self/mounts"

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: pete <stardeep25@yahoo.com.au>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: debian-installer: On first boot after install init hangs due to missing symlink "/etc/mtab to /proc/self/mounts"

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:31:28 +1000

Package: debian-installer
Version: Debian GNU/Linux testing "Stretch" - Official Snapshot amd64
CD Binary-1 20151012-12:17
Severity: important
Tags: d-i

Dear Maintainer,

On first boot after install init hangs due to missing symlink

[ 4.904755] systemd [1]: /etc/mtab is not a symlink or not pointing to
/proc/self/mounts. This is not supported anymore. Please replace
/etc/mtab with a symlink to /proc/self/mounts.
[ 4.904755] systemd [1]: Freezing execution.

Was able to get the system working by booting into rescue mode from the
install CD, 
mounting the root partion, 
moving the current /etc/mtab to /etc/mtab.old and then making the
symlink ln -s /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Message #10 received at 802187@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>

To: pete <stardeep25@yahoo.com.au>, 802187@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#802187: debian-installer: On first boot after install init hangs due to missing symlink "/etc/mtab to /proc/self/mounts"

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 10:13:41 +0200

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Control: reassign -1 finish-install
Control: severity -1 serious
Control: tag -1 - d-i
Control: affects -1 debian-installer

Hi pete,

pete <stardeep25@yahoo.com.au> (2015-10-18):
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: Debian GNU/Linux testing "Stretch" - Official Snapshot amd64
> CD Binary-1 20151012-12:17
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> On first boot after install init hangs due to missing symlink
> 
> [ 4.904755] systemd [1]: /etc/mtab is not a symlink or not pointing to
> /proc/self/mounts. This is not supported anymore. Please replace
> /etc/mtab with a symlink to /proc/self/mounts.
> [ 4.904755] systemd [1]: Freezing execution.
> 
> Was able to get the system working by booting into rescue mode from the
> install CD, 
> mounting the root partion, 
> moving the current /etc/mtab to /etc/mtab.old and then making the
> symlink ln -s /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab

Thanks for reporting! This has been discussed in another bug report a
few hours ago, and a fix has been pushed to git; I'm uploading a fixed
package in a moment.

If you would have an extra minute or two, quoting the contents of your
mtab.old would be nice, in case somebody wants/needs to know what bit of
d-i touches this file. But that's really a bonus, nothing absolutely
necessary.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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Message #21 received at 802187-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>

To: 802187-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#802187: fixed in finish-install 2.58

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 09:49:38 +0000

Source: finish-install
Source-Version: 2.58

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
finish-install, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 802187@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (supplier of updated finish-install package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 10:07:53 +0200
Source: finish-install
Binary: finish-install
Architecture: source
Version: 2.58
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Description:
 finish-install - Finish the installation and reboot (udeb)
Closes: 802184 802187
Changes:
 finish-install (2.58) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   [ Steve McIntyre ]
   * finish-install.d/70mtab: Make sure /etc/mtab is a symlink to /proc/self/mounts
     (Closes: #802184, #802187; See: #801961).
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