Am 17.10.2015 um 00:53 schrieb Ilya Sukhanov: > Package: systemd > Version: 227-2 > Severity: grave > > System freezes at boot with "/etc/mtab is not a symlink or not pointing > to /proc/self/mounts..." > > To reproduce install debian from stretch_di_alpha3 amd64 image (used > unofficial firmware variety [1] but suspect this does not matter). Quite > vanilla installation with no extra software selected but did customize > disk image layout. Its possible that this is really an installer bug, > but its manifested through systemd package. > > Downgrading to libsystemd0 and systemd packages to 226-4 resolves the > issue and makes machine bootable. An inelegant but effective workaround. > > There is a parallel discussion of this issue on the systemd github > project [2]. Although there is a mistake; 215-17+deb8u2 is actually > 227-2. > > Marking as grave as issue renders debian installation unusable.
Sounds like a bug in debian-installer. It shouldn't setup /etc/mtab as real file. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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