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Strange Reboot Issue

SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep
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Until a mod or someone can edit it in, this post is available on paste.ee. Sorry.

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  • rds100rds100 Member

    Uninstall the old kernel and be done with it?

  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep

    @rd100: I am not comfortable with that, for one thats the backup kernel - two it doesnt identify the underlying cause potentially leaving a liability into the future.

    For the record outcomes of different commands:

    reboot -f : Correct kernel every time
reboot: Boots into wrong kernel. Then 2nd reboot doesnt complete.
systemctl reboot: Boots into wrong kernel

    Currently I have been looking at this as a systemd issue (since reboot -f skips the init system), but I really cant figure out why. SystemD should have nothing at all to do with the kernel choice.

    My only other theory has to do with the different places grub can be installed (MBR, bootable drive). Perhaps theres a difference in bios level?

  • rds100rds100 Member

    Could it be kexec-ing in to the wrong kernel, instead of a proper reboot? Do you have kexec-tools installed?

    Thanked by 1SplitIce
  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep
    edited June 2016

    I do have kexec installed, I dont suppose systemd (the abomination) does that?

  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep
    edited June 2016

    perhaps,

    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785714

  • rds100rds100 Member

    Yes, perhaps. So for a try uninstall kexec-tools and see if it reboots properly.
    If it does, you know the culprit.

    Thanked by 1SplitIce
  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep
    edited June 2016

    @rds100

    apt-get remove kexec-tools seems to have solved it.

    I confirmed it for sure by re-installing kexec-tools (even selected no to "should kexec-tools handle reboots"). Strange...

    Manually disabling the kexec (kexec-load is fine) service seems to resolve it. Which is what answering no should have done, sigh.

    Damn you systemd. This all worked for years, fine on SysV.

    Thanks a million rds100, now at-least its narrowed down as SystemD + kexec-tools. Debian bug crawling time.

    Thanked by 1netomx
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