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[Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-797417 ] busybox "reboot/halt" cmds not working

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Bugs item #797417, was opened at 2003-08-29 13:24
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Category: Configuration / Scripts
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 1
Submitted By: Bruce Smith (blubdog)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: busybox "reboot/halt" cmds not working

Initial Comment:
In the initrd script: "mount_cdrom", if a CD cannot be

mounted, the script displays an error, waits two

minutes and reboots.  Unfortunately the reboot command

(busybox) appears to do nothing.  I tried manually

creating the link to busybox.  I tried using the full

path "/sbin/reboot".  I also tried the busybox commands

"halt" and "poweroff".  All failed in vmware 4.



To make it appear a little nicer, I removed the "exit"

command after the reboot command in the loop so it just

hangs now instead of returning to linuxrc and crashing

the kernel.  The "exit" command should not be needed

anyway if the reboot command works.

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[Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-797417 ] busybox "reboot/halt" cmds not working

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Bugs item #797417, was opened at 2003-08-29 12:24
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Category: Configuration / Scripts
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 1
Submitted By: Bruce Smith (blubdog)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: busybox "reboot/halt" cmds not working

Initial Comment:
In the initrd script: "mount_cdrom", if a CD cannot be
mounted, the script displays an error, waits two
minutes and reboots.  Unfortunately the reboot command
(busybox) appears to do nothing.  I tried manually
creating the link to busybox.  I tried using the full
path "/sbin/reboot".  I also tried the busybox commands
"halt" and "poweroff".  All failed in vmware 4.

To make it appear a little nicer, I removed the "exit"
command after the reboot command in the loop so it just
hangs now instead of returning to linuxrc and crashing
the kernel.  The "exit" command should not be needed
anyway if the reboot command works.

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>Comment By: Heiko Zuerker (smiley73)
Date: 2003-11-08 16:07

Message:
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workaround: we don't use it anymore

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Re: [Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-797417 ] busybox "reboot/halt" cmds not working

[Diego T. <dt...@co...>]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:24:18AM -0700, SourceForge.net wrote:

> minutes and reboots.  Unfortunately the reboot command
> (busybox) appears to do nothing.  I tried manually
> "halt" and "poweroff".  All failed in vmware 4.


maybe its only a vmware issue?

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Re: [Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-797417 ] busybox "reboot/halt" cmds not working

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > minutes and reboots.  Unfortunately the reboot command
> > (busybox) appears to do nothing.  I tried manually
> > "halt" and "poweroff".  All failed in vmware 4.
> 
> maybe its only a vmware issue?

Possibly, but I don't think so.  In other VMware OS installs, 
the reboot command works, and halt shuts off power to VMware.

I can't test it on a real computer because I don't have a PC 
with a SCSI CD drive handy.

With VMware it's easy to test.  After the boot starts, click
the menu to disconnect the CD.  Then the boot can't find it.

On a real IDE-CD box, I'd have to disconnect cables on a running 
machine at the right time.  I don't really want to try that.  :-)

 - BS