#1416 Issue closed: udev failed to start on Debian 8.8, rear 2.1

Labels: support / question, won't fix / can't fix / obsolete

bmarshmn opened issue at 2017-07-15 03:46:

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  • rear version (/usr/sbin/rear -V): 2.1

  • OS version (cat /etc/rear/os.conf or lsb_release -a):
    Distributor ID: Wazo
    Description: Wazo GNU/Linux 8.8 (jessie)
    Release: 8.8
    Codename: jessie

  • rear configuration files (cat /etc/rear/site.conf or cat /etc/rear/local.conf):
    OUTPUT=USB

create a backup using the internal NETFS method, using 'tar'

BACKUP=NETFS

write both rescue image and backup to the device labeled REAR-000

BACKUP_URL=usb:///dev/disk/by-label/REAR-000

  • Are you using legacy BIOS or UEFI boot?
    pretty sure legacy

  • Brief description of the issue:
    when booting from the USB stick, systemd-udevd.service failed to start
    w/out udev the LVM names were not updated in /dev and the LVM create was unable to proceed

  • Work-around, if any:
    I found this, https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/601
    and when I created the symlinks per the script, udev was able to start

jsmeix commented at 2017-07-18 16:05:

@bmarshmn
your described workaround indicates that the script
usr/share/rear/build/Debian/610_jessie_link_systemd_lib.sh
is not run in your case when you run
"rear mkbackup" or "rear mkrescue".

To check that run

rear -s mkrescue | grep ' build/'

which shows what 'build' stage scripts are run in your case.

gdha commented at 2017-11-17 15:18:

On Ubuntu I get:

# rear -s mkrescue | grep jes
Source build/Debian/610_jessie_link_systemd_lib.sh

The script does run. Or, it is an USB issue or something is wrong with the script? Ubuntu tests performed by me are ISO and PXE not USB, so I cannot tell
@bmarshmn Any further input from your side?

gdha commented at 2018-05-15 06:56:

As we cannot reproduce this problem reported we label it "won't fix"

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]