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araujophys

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Registered: 2023-05-12

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Arch linux boot error after update

After performing update with pacman -Syu command, my system no longer boot. I get an error:

Boot failure: /sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8).

How can I solve this?

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Arch linux boot error after update

Offline, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … an_upgrade

The systemd package is rather likely corrupted, but the situation might be worse, check

sudo LC_ALL=C pacman --root /tmp -Qkk | grep -v ', 0 altered files'

Anything happened during the update? (Like "the lights went off and the computer rebooted" or stuff like that …)

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