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wzrdtales

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Registered: 2017-03-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

File: /usr/lib64/
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: 807h/2055d Inode: xxxx Links: 2
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid ( 0 / root )
Access Time: yesterday

Currently downloading another iso so I actually can copy paste stuff out...

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

That should be  a symlink to /usr/lib (as should be /lib and /lib64) ... see the link in my other post.

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loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

$ stat /usr/lib64
  File: /usr/lib64 -> lib
  Size: 3         	Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
Device: fe00h/65024d	Inode: 1179660     Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2017-03-14 00:05:27.055277133 +0000
Modify: 2016-12-05 23:43:55.000000000 +0000
Change: 2017-03-05 18:08:53.780134239 +0000

That would be the difference
Should be confirmed by

$ pacman -Qkk filesystem

from within the chroot

wzrdtales

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

Did that, reinstalled filesystem still broken..., same error.

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

What is the output of ( trying to find out how many symlinks are missing )

$ pacman -Qkk filesystem

reinstalling the filesystem will not fix it as that would require pacman to delete /usr/lib64 in order to create the symlink.
edit:
grammar "many are" should be "many symlinks are"
edit2:
Also do not just delete /usr/lib64 Is it empty?  If not please provide a listing for it.

Last edited by loqs (2017-03-14 23:49:09)

wzrdtales

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

@loqs yes I know, I have deleted the folder before doing this. It is a symlink now, but for some reason I still run into a kernel panic I am looking at what is wrong right now.

Still no copy and paste here sry though. The output of Qkk filesystem left only warnings about size mismatches for files like /etc/fstab which is expected.

Last edited by wzrdtales (2017-03-14 23:52:36)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

$ pacman -Qkk

Look for missing symlinks, missing files,  size mismatches etc.  Please post the output if you can.
Edit:
Did you run `mkinitcpio` after fixing the first missing symlink?

Last edited by loqs (2017-03-14 23:54:46)

wzrdtales

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

Oh, yes I did forgot to... Sry for that.., I have however initiated a reinstall of all packages on the system, to ensure everything is like it should be. Will let you know if there is something else open. Thanks a ton for your help here

Last edited by wzrdtales (2017-03-15 00:03:40)

kr3ck3n

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Registered: 2013-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

Chroot in but with /dev/sda1 mounted to /mnt/boot reinstall linux and GRUB#Generate_the_main_configuration_file
Reboot and there should be no panic.
Then unmount /boot/efi delete the contents of /boot change the /etc/fstab entry from /boot/efi/ to /boot then mount /boot

0. I have mounted /boot and /boot/efi and deleted everything.
1. Changed boot partition from /etc/fstab to point to /boot.
2. Reinstalled grub on my boot partition, reinstalled linux (4.10.2) and generated main grub configuration file.
Also, before all this I saw the posts mentioning /usr/lib64 so I did a check. I didn't have any /usr/lib64 directory so I reinstalled filesystem and now it's there.

Rebooted and everything it's back to normal.

Thanks for the support guys!!

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

There's been a number of people without /usr/lib64/. I'm guessing it's because of a updated that was --force'd. Don't do that.

kr3ck3n

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

There's been a number of people without /usr/lib64/. I'm guessing it's because of a updated that was --force'd. Don't do that.

I've done that just before this kernel panic.
I'll keep in mind to not do this anymore

Herring

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Registered: 2017-03-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

Thanks for all your replies. Before updating there was indeed an issue with /usr/lib64. I then removed and recreated the symlink. But when I just verified (chroot), /usr/lib64 was gone. I recreated /usr/lib64 (ln -s /usr/lib /usr/lib64) and mkinitcpio afterwards. Now the system boots again!

regenwald343434

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

Welcome to the arch linux forums regenwald343434
Code_of_conduct#How_to_post

If a thread is marked as [SOLVED], do not reply stating the equivalent of "I am having a similar issue.."; start a new thread and link to the [SOLVED] thread, if relevant.

In the new thread please also include the exact commands you used to try to mount the ESP and their outputs.
Edit:
Also the output of

# blkid

Last edited by loqs (2017-03-20 23:24:08)

EXL

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

There's been a number of people without /usr/lib64/. I'm guessing it's because of a updated that was --force'd. Don't do that.

I faced with the same problem and this topic helped me to solve it. Thanks to all the people who wrote the useful tips here.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Kernel Panic - not syncing. No working init found

Glad to hear, however please don't necrobump old topics: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping%22

Closing.