Boot stopped at "Rescue mode"

willi hunger · 2013-07-04 15:57:35

Hey guys,

I've been using archlinux for a while now (laptop & homeserver). Though I got a dedicated root server (@strato) for a few reasons, I thought I'd give it a try there, too.

Yet I have to deal with a little problem, though. Installation via the 'squashfs-method' using the RecoverySystem went smoothly. But when I try to boot the maschine, it doesn't start up properly.

Below's the output of the serial console after grub. I can't see the rescue shell itself, though. Dunno if that's due to the serial attachment.

Welcome to Arch Linux!

[  OK  ] Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats F...utomount Point.
[  OK  ] Listening on Journal Socket.
         Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
         Starting Journal Service...
[  OK  ] Started Journal Service.
         Mounting Debug File System...
         Starting Setup Virtual Console...
         Mounting Huge Pages File System...
         Starting Create static device nodes in /dev...
         Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System...
[  OK  ] Reached target Encrypted Volumes.
         Mounting Configuration File System...
[  OK  ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[  OK  ] Listening on udev Control Socket.
         Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
[  OK  ] Reached target Swap.
         Mounting Temporary Directory...
         Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
         Expecting device dev-sda1.device...
[  OK  ] Started Apply Kernel Variables.
[  OK  ] Mounted Debug File System.
[  OK  ] Started Setup Virtual Console.
[  OK  ] Mounted Huge Pages File System.
[  OK  ] Started Create static device nodes in /dev.
[  OK  ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System.
[  OK  ] Mounted Configuration File System.
[  OK  ] Mounted Temporary Directory.
[  OK  ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
[  OK  ] Started udev Coldplug all Devices.
         Starting Load Random Seed...
         Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Random Seed.
See 'systemctl status systemd-random-seed-load.service' for details.
[    2.685427] systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Random Seed.
[  OK  ] Started udev Kernel Device Manager.
[  OK  ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre).
[  OK  ] Found device M4-CT128M4SSD2.
         Mounting /boot...
[  OK  ] Mounted /boot.
[  OK  ] Reached target Local File Systems.
         Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
         Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
[  OK  ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
         Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
[  OK  ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
[  OK  ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
[  OK  ] Reached target System Initialization.
         Starting Rescue Shell...
[  OK  ] Started Rescue Shell.
[  OK  ] Reached target Rescue Mode.

The output states to look at the journal, but when I chroot into arch or try to look at the journal by hand, all journals are empty.

Any ideas what could be wrong? What files shall I provide for better help?

I've looked up some threads in the forum, but none of the ones I found were helping with my issue.

Thanks for your help in advance!

Cheers,
willi hunger

willi hunger · 2013-07-05 08:59:58

I've added extended logging to the console, so there are a few more things to show the errors:

[  OK  ] Mounted /boot.
[  OK  ] Reached target Local File Systems.
         Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
         Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
[  OK  ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
         Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
[  OK  ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
[  OK  ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
[  OK  ] Reached target System Initialization.
         Starting Rescue Shell...
[  OK  ] Started Rescue Shell.
[  OK  ] Reached target Rescue Mode.
[    2.915824] systemd[255]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/plymouth: No such file or directory
[    2.934292] systemd[257]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/echo: No such file or directory
[    2.952007] systemd[260]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /sbin/sulogin: No such file or directory
[    2.970414] systemd[263]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /usr/bin/systemctl: No such file or directory

Remember, this is a fresh installation. Only the base base-devel and vim packages are installed.

Any ideas?

cfr · 2013-07-06 23:48:15

Welcome to the forums.

Have you checked fstab? Are your partitions being correctly mounted? I ask because that output only mentions mounting /boot...

Last edited by cfr (2013-07-06 23:48:46)

falconindy · 2013-07-07 01:41:21

Post your bootloader config.

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#1 2013-07-04 15:57:35

Boot stopped at "Rescue mode"

#2 2013-07-05 08:59:58

Re: Boot stopped at "Rescue mode"

#3 2013-07-06 23:48:15

Re: Boot stopped at "Rescue mode"

#4 2013-07-07 01:41:21

Re: Boot stopped at "Rescue mode"

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