[solved] Re: stuck on "Enter runlevel:" after update

[Jim Cornette]

BB Cao wrote:
> Just think it might be helpful for other hypothetical newbies like myself.
> 
> I rebooted the system with the rescue CD. (Actually, I mysteriously 
> failed to boot even on the rescue CD several times before finally got 
> there.)
> I then created a file named inittab by copying  from inittab.rpmsave,  
> both files are at /etc.
> And it works.
> 
> Best,
>  BC
> 

This problem seems to be caused by yum removing packages before 
upgrading. Saving the important files as .rpmsave instead of how it 
should update. Reports showed that this happened mostly when doing 
updates which also pull in the kernel.

What should happen is no package should be marked as remove. The package 
should only be updated followed by a cleanup. This was brought to my 
realization in the thread reference from the test list.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-July/msg00152.html

I'm running development and am not seeing this problem. I did comment on 
it and was enlightened by members from the list that are referenced in 
the thread.

I'd run
rpm -qV initscripts
on that package in order to see if any other items are missing or 
improperly renamed from the package.


Jim



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