Created attachment 3143 [details]
/root/.install.log

The install log extracted via LiveCD. (I don't care about the plaintext passwords there, I'll change them.)

Created attachment 3144 [details]
dmesg.out

"dmesg" run in the "single" runlevel, extracted via LiveCD.

Created attachment 3145 [details]
mount.out

"mount" run in the "single" runlevel, extracted via LiveCD.

Comment on attachment 3145 [details]
mount.out

(After doing "mount / -o remount,rw", of course.)

(In reply to comment #4)
> (From update of attachment 3145 [details])
> (After doing "mount / -o remount,rw", of course.)

It was readonly initially in the "single" mode.

Created attachment 3146 [details]
df.out

"df" run in the "single" runlevel; extracted via LiveCD.

https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17972 looks similar.

Is it because of XFS?

Viewed superficially, it's SysVinit-2.86-alt2 who doesn't do what it is supposed to do.

/sbin/init has nothing to do with FS type.
Either initrd.img is not functional or smth odd happened.

/etc/inittab is empty. Ha-ha, this could be the famous misfeature of XFS, which zeroes files left open. (It could be left open by the installer? Perhaps. By another init? Probably not, init doesn't have to open it for writing...)

(In reply to comment #11)
> /etc/inittab is empty. Ha-ha, this could be the famous misfeature of XFS, which zeroes files left open. (It could be left open by the
> installer? Perhaps.

This is an installer bug.

(In reply to comment #11)
> /etc/inittab is empty. Ha-ha, this could be the famous misfeature of XFS, which zeroes files left open. (It could be left open by the
> installer? Perhaps. 

Here is some information from stat that could give hints about the stage of the installation at which this file has been touched:

  File: `/mnt/sda5/etc/inittab'
  Size: 0         	Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 67852032    Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-23 00:35:12.388090743 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 23:27:06.274380054 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:27:06.274380054 +0300
  File: `/mnt/sda5/etc/lilo.conf'
  Size: 574       	Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 102752337   Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-23 00:23:30.621349650 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 23:27:05.010380091 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:27:05.014460218 +0300
  File: `/mnt/sda5/etc/lilo.conf.old'
  Size: 519       	Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 69413695    Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-23 00:23:30.621349650 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 22:45:18.226389000 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:27:04.550379377 +0300
  File: `/mnt/sda5/root/.install-log/basesystem.log'
  Size: 36956     	Blocks: 80         IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 69413692    Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-23 01:00:28.628089891 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 23:27:00.062380555 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:27:00.062380555 +0300
  File: `/mnt/sda5/root/.install-log/install2.log'
  Size: 182882    	Blocks: 360        IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 69413691    Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-23 01:00:28.616089973 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 23:27:00.058379069 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:27:00.058379069 +0300
  File: `/mnt/sda5/root/.install-log/wizard.log'
  Size: 147613    	Blocks: 296        IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 69413694    Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-23 01:00:28.648089919 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 23:27:03.078380003 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:27:03.078380003 +0300
  File: `/mnt/sda5/root/.install-log/x11.log'
  Size: 35723     	Blocks: 72         IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 69413693    Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-23 01:00:28.632089771 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 23:27:00.066379457 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:27:00.066379457 +0300
  File: `/mnt/sda5/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
  Size: 1239      	Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 805h/2053d	Inode: 3027100     Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-12-20 23:26:56.950380077 +0300
Modify: 2008-12-20 23:26:53.854380236 +0300
Change: 2008-12-20 23:26:53.858389754 +0300

The stat of /etc/inittab indicates it was "modified" at the last moment of the installation:

# find /mnt/sda5/ -newer /mnt/sda5/etc/inittab
/mnt/sda5/var/lib/rpm
/mnt/sda5/var/run
/mnt/sda5/etc
/mnt/sda5/etc/mtab
/mnt/sda5/root
/mnt/sda5/root/tmp
/mnt/sda5/root/dmesg.out
/mnt/sda5/root/mount.out
/mnt/sda5/root/df.out
/mnt/sda5/root/.bash_history
/mnt/sda5/root/.lesshst
# 

> Installer does not unmount root fs

Yes, it writes in the end:

Remains mounted: /destination
Remains mounted: /destination/home

I performed the installation once again: on XFS, but with slightly different partition layouts and with more packages.

This time zeroing of /etc/inittab didn't happen.

В 4.1/branch исправления не будут вноситься уже технически (заглушена очередь на сборку), поэтому прошу ошибки, актуальные для sisyphus/p7/t7, перевесить на текущие ветки или сизиф.