Re: [Vserver] VServer reboot - timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl

[Daniel Hokka Zakrisson]

Oliver Paulus wrote:
As expected if you're not running an init (i.e. using the plain 
initstyle). >You'll have to use reboot -f to invoke vshelper which 
would reboot the guest.


Can you explain that a little bit more in detail for me? How is it 
possible to
use a simple reboot within vserver?

reboot alone won't work without an init, and by default guests don't 
have one (see below). reboot -f just calls into the kernel and tells it 
to reboot. This is caught by the patch and the kernel runs vshelper, 
which does the rebooting/halting.

As expected if you're not running an init (i.e. using the plain 
initstyle).


I think vserver is running init on startup.

Only if you're using the plain initstyle, the default (sysv) just runs 
the initscripts without going through init.

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