Yes, kexec-tools should ship finalrd hook to fix this. ** Changed in: finalrd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix
** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to kexec-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1862300 Title: "systemctl kexec" reboots Status in finalrd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in kexec-tools package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: After the introduction of finalrd, "systemctl kexec" (with a kernel preloaded by "kexec -l ...") no longer kexec()s -- it reboots instead. Can be reproduced for example using a livecd (say, xubuntu-18.04 -desktop-amd64.iso): sudo -i apt-get update apt-get install kexec-tools finalrd systemctl start finalrd # optional kexec -l /cdrom/casper/vmlinuz systemctl kexec Expected results: the system kexec's into the kernel and panics (due to lack of /init, since we haven't given it an initrd). Actual results: the system reboots (e.g. the livecd's bootloader menu runs). If we don't install "finalrd" above, kexec works normally. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/finalrd/+bug/1862300/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp