appliance: Fix code which gets list of kernels.

[libguestfs.git] / appliance / init

diff --git a/appliance/init b/appliance/init
index 8b97590..b741a49 100755 (executable)
--- a/appliance/init
+++ b/appliance/init
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ mount -t sysfs /sys /sys
 
 if [ -x /etc/init.d/udev ]; then
   /etc/init.d/udev start
-elif [ -x /sbin/start_udev ]; then
-  /sbin/start_udev
+elif [ -x /sbin/start_udev ] && /sbin/start_udev; then
+  :
 else
   echo No udev, creating /dev manually
   mount -t tmpfs none /dev
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ route add default gw 10.0.2.2
 lvm vgscan --ignorelockingfailure
 lvm vgchange -ay --ignorelockingfailure
 
+# Improve virtio-blk performance (RHBZ#509383).
+for f in /sys/block/vd*/queue/rotational; do echo 1 > $f; done
+
 # Keep these to enhance the usefulness of debug output.
 ls -l /dev
 cat /proc/mounts
@@ -58,14 +61,21 @@ lsmod
 #ping -n -v -c 5 10.0.2.2
 #ping -n -v -c 5 10.0.2.4
 
-# Improve virtio-blk performance (RHBZ#509383).
-for f in /sys/block/vd*/queue/rotational; do echo 1 > $f; done
+echo -n "uptime: "; cat /proc/uptime
 
 if ! grep -sq guestfs_rescue=1 /proc/cmdline; then
   exec guestfsd -f
 fi
 
+# Use appliance in rescue mode, also used by the virt-rescue command.
 TERM=linux ;# XXX library should pass this from library's environment
 PS1='><rescue> '
 export TERM PS1
+echo
+echo "Welcome to virt-rescue, the libguestfs rescue shell."
+echo
+echo "Note: The contents of / are the rescue appliance."
+echo "You have to mount the guest's partitions under /sysroot"
+echo "before you can examine them."
+echo
 exec bash -i