can't cleanly exit shell from FC5 rescue CD

[Les Mikesell]

On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 17:01 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Adam Monsen wrote:
> > I'm having a problem with the Fedora Core 5 rescue CD: I can't cleanly
> > exit the shell. When I type in 'exit' and hit enter, I see the following:
> > 
> > sh-3.1# exit
> > logout
> > 
> > ...and nothing happens. Anyone seen this? Any ideas?
> > 
> > Here are the exact repro steps for people who like that kind of thing:
> > 
> > REPRO STEPS:
> > * boot to Fedora Core 5 rescue CD
> > * type 'linux rescue' at the prompt and hit ENTER
> > * choose language = English
> > * choose keyboard = us
> > * don't start up network interfaces
> > * don't try to find existing installations
> > * at the shell prompt, type 'exit' and hit ENTER
> > 
> > EXPECTED RESULT:
> > * system reboots
> > 
> > ACTUAL RESULT:
> > * system hangs after 'logout' is printed to the console
> > 
> I normally run "shutdown -r now" or "shutdown -h now" to get out of
> the rescue mode. I would not expect a clean shutdown just by exiting
> the shell. When in the single user mode without using the rescue
> mode of the CD, you also have the option of using telinit to change
> to run level 3 or 5, instead of doing a shutdown or reboot.

I don't think I've used an FC5 disk in rescue mode but every other
FC/RH version that offered it would reboot cleanly when you exit
the shell, so this would be unexpected behavior for anyone who had
used a prior version.  If you have done the 'chroot' to a mounted
installed system, you need to exit twice - once for the chroot
shell, once for the rescue shell.

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  Les Mikesell
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