[Bug 937638] Re: package initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: ln: accessing `/etc/nologin': Input/output error

[Steve Langasek]

Ok.  According to the dmesg output included in your bug report, you have
a failing hard drive:

[  211.037056] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
[  211.037068] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24
[  211.037079] ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA
[  211.037100] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:10:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in
[  211.037105]          res 51/40:08:10:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
[  211.037115] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[  211.037123] ata1.00: error: { UNC }

(and many more errors like it)

This may just be a bad cable, or the drive itself could be failing.
Either way, it's not a bug in sysvinit.

** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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Title:
  package initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  ln: accessing `/etc/nologin': Input/output error

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I get this error message after rebooting

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287.1
  Date: Mon Feb 20 22:46:03 2012
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: sysvinit
  Title: package initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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