filesystem Update Error /bin exists in filesystem

Trilby · 2013-06-08 15:29:10

provide the full path to the shell for the chroot: /usr/bin/bash. I had to do the same thing on one of my systems.

HeartsAlive · 2013-06-08 15:31:42

Tried that, same problem.

Scimmia · 2013-06-08 15:33:51

try reinstalling bash. Boot from the liveusb, mount your root partition to /mnt (mount /mnt/usr if you use a separate /usr), and use 'pacman --root /mnt -S bash'

yungtrizzle · 2013-06-08 15:53:47

That was one of the first things I did, the systemd fails miserably.

Scimmia · 2013-06-08 16:01:37

Why? "fails miserably" doesn't tell us much other than that it gets past the /sbin/init error.

ewaller · 2013-06-08 16:12:57

Let's eliminate the init system. What happens if you use init=/usr/bin/bash on the kernel command line. Note that, if you find yourself in a usable shell you can fix some things, but do not expect it to be a fully functional system. When you leave, issue two sync commands followed by closing the shell. At that point, the system will panic then you try to kill process 1.

yungtrizzle · 2013-06-08 16:52:46

ewaller wrote:

Let's eliminate the init system. What happens if you use init=/usr/bin/bash on the kernel command line. Note that, if you find yourself in a usable shell you can fix some things, but do not expect it to be a fully functional system. When you leave, issue two sync commands followed by closing the shell. At that point, the system will panic then you try to kill process 1.

what sync commands? issuing

 init --system

attempts to replace pid 1 but without success

Scimmia wrote:

Why? "fails miserably" doesn't tell us much other than that it gets past the /sbin/init error.

Only udev starts up properly, every other service fails.

ewaller · 2013-06-08 18:08:05

yungtrizzle wrote:

what sync commands?

SYNC(1)                          User Commands                         SYNC(1)



NAME
       sync - flush file system buffers

SYNOPSIS
       sync [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report sync bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report sync translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       sync(2)

       The  full documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and sync programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
       command

              info coreutils 'sync invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.21                 May 2013                            SYNC(1)

issuing
init --system
attempts to replace pid 1 but without success

What we have here is a failure to communicate. I meant: In your bootloader, find the kernel line. Does it have an init= clause now? If so, what does it say. In any event, use init=/usr/bin/bash on the command line in the bootloader. That tells the kernel to use bash as the init system. It works, but bash does not really make a good init system and shutdown is inelegant. issuing two sync commands in a row before exiting bash ensures your disks are left in a clean state. This is an experiment to see if we can even get the system to boot and, if so, provide an environment to maybe fix things.

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HeartsAlive · 2013-06-08 20:12:30

I'm getting an error trying to use pacman at all; failed to initialize alpm library (could not find or read directory)

HeartsAlive · 2013-06-08 20:14:59

Also, the shell I'm using is zsh, not sure if that could be causing any problems.

krork · 2013-06-08 21:16:18

Hi,
I've read the thread but I'm not quite clear on how to proceed:

I instinctively copied all (!) the files in /bin /sbin /usr/sbin to /usr/bin. My instinct sucks.

Now I get a whole lot of "file exists" errors when trying to run the update.

I think I read somewhere in this thread that this was not that big a deal, but that I just needed to update my file list in /var/lib/pacman/local , but the only instruction I have found so far for that is to manually reinstall the package for which this is the case, assuming it is the case for ONE package; however, I have a quazillion of packages with the "file exists" error.

Man, I wish I had read this thread before thinking "I can do this".

Scimmia · 2013-06-08 21:30:36

HeartsAlive, that usually means you didn't mount all of the filesystems you need or you gave the wrong root.

Trilby · 2013-06-08 21:51:02

I don't know if this would be the best idea, krork, but it wouldn't be quite the worst: use sed to fix all the file lists.

sed -i 's|^bin/|usr/bin/|' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files
sed -i 's|^sbin/|usr/bin/|' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files
sed -i 's|^usr/sbin/|usr/bin/|' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files

EDIT: there are no leading slashes in the files files, I've modified the command appropriately.

Last edited by Trilby (2013-06-09 12:52:50)

WonderWoofy · 2013-06-08 21:53:42

I would say at the poit that krork has gotten himself to, doing this would certainly be no less sane than what he already did, and actually has the possibility of being beneficial. I would say go for it... cautiously.

Scimmia · 2013-06-08 21:56:38

I would add the g flag to each of those sed commands or it will only replace the first one.

And while it's not a great solution, I don't have a better one. I'd say go for it. Most of them will be replaced after the update anyway, so they shouldn't matter too much.

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Trilby · 2013-06-08 22:02:18

The g is irrelevant as there is only one file name per line in the files; but it wouldn't do any harm either. The absence of the 'global' option does the replacement on the first instance in each line, not in each file. And the ^ at the beginning ensures it only replaces at the beginning of the line anyways (to avoid replacing any good /usr/bin/s with /usr/usr/bin).

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mfaridi · 2013-06-08 22:10:44

please see this link

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164795
I take photo when my system boot please see this

yesterday yesterdat when ireboot my system I see error about emergency mode. and I open another post but they close it please see this post
http://db.tt/CoKw3oZI

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WonderWoofy · 2013-06-08 22:14:33

They closed it because you opened a new thread after not following advice here.

Edit: This is what jasonwryan told you earlier:

jasonwryan wrote:

mfaridi wrote:
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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Trilby · 2013-06-08 22:20:02

mfaridi, we do see your posts. What do you want us to do when we see them? Presumably you want advice on how to fix the problem ... but you've been given that already, and you clearly have not read/applied it.

Read this thread. Apply the advice. There is no magic wand we can wave to fix your computer for you over the internet.

mfaridi · 2013-06-08 22:22:22

thanks
but I do not know why system can not boot
after long time search, I do not change my system and do not delete app and files and only inst tall some packages foruse AUR packages
I do not delete grub or other packages and do not modify files in /bin and /sbin
but I do not know why my system boot

WonderWoofy wrote:

They closed it because you opened a new thread after not following advice here.
Edit: This is what jasonwryan told you earlier:
jasonwryan wrote:
mfaridi wrote:
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.

Trilby · 2013-06-08 22:25:58

mfaridi wrote:

I do not delete grub or other packages and do not modify files in /bin and /sbin
but I do not know why my system boot

That's exactly why it doesn't boot. For &*@ sake, read the front page news, and this thread. READ IT.

Unless you show some indication that you've at least tried to read the information that is available, I will not respond again. If you really want help, read what has been written to help you. I'm starting to suspect, though, that you don't really want help.

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mfaridi · 2013-06-08 22:27:17

my problem is this why my system can not boot when I do not change it and do not delete packages and do not modify files and I don't upgrade packages pac,I only install some packages for use AUR packages

karol · 2013-06-08 22:30:32

What have you done with regard to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1284628 ? Did you update your system?

WonderWoofy · 2013-06-08 22:31:27

You are partaking in a thread that has the very answers you seek. Not only that, but advice has already been given to you, which you apparently chose to ignore. Your system will not boot because you chose to ignore this advice. I don't know what more you really want.

jasonwryan · 2013-06-08 22:31:30

This is your final warning: don't post here again until you have chrooted in, and tried to fix your system according to the instructions that appear on pretty much every page of this thread.

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