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TlfT

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Registered: 2013-08-27

Posts: 10

ERROR: Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist

Hi, thanks for viewing my question.

I booted successfully yesterday, did not install anything, turned off normally.
When I went to boot this morning I received this error immediately

ERROR: Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist
Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck

/new_root only contains /aUserName and /lost+found

System doesn't respond to reboot or poweroff

I have seen some suggestions for the same error, but under different circumstances ( usually during a new install )

Any suggestions?  I am sitting at

[rootfs /]#

Thanks

scar

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 442

Re: ERROR: Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist

Is your fstab file correct? Maybe I'm wrong, but looks like you're mounting your /home partition for /.
Anyway, boot from live media and try to have a look from there.

Last edited by scar (2014-02-19 18:42:17)

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korn36

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Registered: 2014-01-14

Posts: 111

Re: ERROR: Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist

You have mounted /home as /, fix your fstab.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fstab

Last edited by korn36 (2014-02-19 18:54:28)

TlfT

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Registered: 2013-08-27

Posts: 10

Re: ERROR: Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist

Thanks guys. 

I used my motherboards power button to shut down, booted to the uefi and changed the boot order from Linux boot manager to OS UEFI and it booted normally.  Fstab was fine, I hadn't touched it in months. 

Not sure what happened.  Yesterday I started with an android tablet charging on the USB and today I didn't, that's all I can think of.

Thanks again for the help, hopefully I am good from here.