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hcjl

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From: berlin

Registered: 2007-06-29

Posts: 330

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Hi,
ARM Archlinux here, on a system with 1Gb RAM.
Can't get a command from front page to run successfully:

pacman -Qqo /bin /sbin /usr/sbin | pacman -Qm -
error: memory exhausted in argument parsing

Any advice?

for me this worked fine
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt … fe8daedb09

nesk

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Registered: 2011-03-31

Posts: 181

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Hi,
ARM Archlinux here, on a system with 1Gb RAM.
Can't get a command from front page to run successfully:

pacman -Qqo /bin /sbin /usr/sbin | pacman -Qm -
error: memory exhausted in argument parsing

Any advice?

for me this worked fine
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt … fe8daedb09

Thanks. This is also useful: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic … ing#p32133

mfaridi

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Registered: 2010-12-15

Posts: 192

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

today I run this command

 pacman -Syu --ignore torcs-data --ignore netbeans 

and see this

 
(89/89) checking for file conflicts                                                                                            [#############################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /bin exists in filesystem
filesystem: /sbin exists in filesystem
filesystem: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

and search forums and find this link

https://www.archlinux.org/news/binaries … ervention/

and run this command

pacman -Qqo /bin /sbin /usr/sbin | pacman -Qm -

and see this

grub 0.97-21
gen-init-cpio 2.6.36-1
grub 0.97-21
sysvinit 2.88-9
consolekit 0.4.6-4
dcron 4.5-4
initscripts 2012.10.1-1
tcp_wrappers 7.7-1

I do not know what I must do with grub . I can not remove it and I have many files and information on myu HDD ,and I do not want lose m,uy data .
after remove grub I lose bootloader and I will lose all of my data

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

You can install another bootlader, like syslinux.

Questions like this have been asked a couple times on the forums in the last couple days, please search before posting.

mfaridi

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Registered: 2010-12-15

Posts: 192

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

thanks
I have bad exprience with grub before after changed grub my system can not load and I lose everything

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

If you follow the wiki, you should be fine. It's always a good idea to have a liveCD / liveUSB so you can boot and fix things this way.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,330

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Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Even if something goes wrong with changing the boot loader, there is no reason you would lose any data - you'd just have to fix the broken boot loader.

If there is not a good reason to keep grub, I'd recommend switching to syslinux.  if there is a good reason to keep it, use the grub-legacy aur package.

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mfaridi

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Registered: 2010-12-15

Posts: 192

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

why  I can not find good Docs for use grub2

Xyne

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Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 6,965

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Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Thanks. This is also useful: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic … ing#p32133

As ARM is not officially supported, please direct all ARM queries to the Arch Linux ARM forums.

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karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Define 'good docs'. Where have you looked? Is something missing from the Arch wiki?

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

grub 0.97-21
gen-init-cpio 2.6.36-1
grub 0.97-21
sysvinit 2.88-9
consolekit 0.4.6-4
dcron 4.5-4
initscripts 2012.10.1-1
tcp_wrappers 7.7-1

None of those packages are supported.

Merging with the stickied thread.

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WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 12,403

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Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

after remove grub I lose bootloader and I will lose all of my data

Why on earth would removing your boot loader mean that you'd lose your data? Please learn about your system so that you don't make such ridiculous claims.

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blackout23

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Registered: 2011-11-16

Posts: 781

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

@mfaridi

It looks like you prefer to update only once a year or so. In that case Arch Linux isn't really what you are looking for. When there are major changes or things like GRUB, sysvinit etc. get drop you have to keep up. A distro with a fixed release cycle might be better for you.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,330

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Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Blackout, where are you getting that?  Looking briefly at mfaridi's post histroy, it is clear they update more often than that.

The presence of grub(-legacy) does not indicate an unmaintained system - nor do those other packages which were all dropped from the repos.  Regular updates will not remove packages when they are dropped to the AUR - and I still use grub on the computer I'm typing from now.

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blackout23

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Registered: 2011-11-16

Posts: 781

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Didn't think of that. You're right!

alzen

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Registered: 2005-01-14

Posts: 30

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

I'm having problems with command:

paclist <repo> | awk ' { print $1 } ' | pacman -Ql - | grep ' /s\?bin/\| /usr/sbin/'

It says that there's some mistake in syntax near `|'

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

You must type the name of the repo instead <repo>. <repo> is just a placeholder.

alzen

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Registered: 2005-01-14

Posts: 30

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Thanks a lot.

yungtrizzle

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Registered: 2011-04-24

Posts: 139

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

After chrooting a liveCD and getting through the last updates I switched out kde for e17. Rebooted to the complaints of /sbin/init missing. Pacman confirms /sbin is a symlink to /usr/bin as it should be and filesystem 2013.05-2 is the owner of the links

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Do you have systemd-sysvcompat installed? Who is the owner of /sbin/init if the file exists?

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

/sbin/init cannot exist as he has successfully updated the system.

@ yungtrizzle,

When do you get the /sbin/init missing error? Are you using systemd?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,201

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Did this occur at the same time as the filesystem updtae?

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yungtrizzle

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Registered: 2011-04-24

Posts: 139

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Did this occur at the same time as the filesystem updtae?

This occurred after the update, I originally botched the update, did a rescue mission with a liveCD  (using Scimmia's sticky) and rebooted normally. At boot time today (this afternoon) I got this error.

HeartsAlive

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Registered: 2013-06-08

Posts: 8

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

After doing the filesystem update I rebooted and made it as far as the login screen (no graphical login manager) but as soon as I enter my password I get prompted for my login again. I booting from a liveusb but when I try chrooting I just get chroot: failed to run command /bin/sh: Exec format error. Everywhere I look says it's because I am on the wrong architecture but I have arch 64 installed and I have tried booting from both 64 and 32 on the liveusb and get the same error either way. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,085

Re: filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Definitely try adding 'init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd' to your kernel command line.

Last edited by Scimmia (2013-06-08 15:28:49)