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r3joe

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[SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

I found quite a few topics with similar titles but the fixes in those threads did not work for me (unless I'm doing something incorrectly).

This is probably my fourth attempt installing Arch.  I followed the Beginner's Guide for a UEFI mode installation.  The guide suggested I use gummiboot as my boot loader so I am currently using that.  Here's my output:

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

sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
[rootfs /]#

One user suggested to install systemd-sysvcompat, but I think that would require me to install Arch from the beginning again.  This time I think I'll try and salvage what I have (unless I need to).

Assistance would be appreciated.

Last edited by r3joe (2013-11-18 06:49:34)

WonderWoofy

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

Is /sbin properly symlinked to /usr/bin ?

Edit: Do you have an /sbin/init or /usr/bin/init?

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-11-15 07:26:08)

r3joe

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

Yes, I have a both, and both are symlinked to ../lib/systemd/systemd

teateawhy

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

Yes, I have a both, and both are symlinked to ../lib/systemd/systemd

/sbin is NOT supposed to be linked to ../lib/systemd/systemd . Please check again.

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

Incidentally, you are looking in /new_root, right? i.e. is '/new_root/sbin' a symlink to 'usr/bin', and is '/new_root/usr/bin/init' a symlink to '../lib/systemd/systemd'?

This is probably my fourth attempt installing Arch.
...
One user suggested to install systemd-sysvcompat, but I think that would require me to install Arch from the beginning again.

While I admire your determination, are you sure that Arch is the right distro for you? You certainly don't need to reinstall Arch to install a single package. Look up chrooting on the wiki.

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r3joe

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

Incidentally, you are looking in /new_root, right? i.e. is '/new_root/sbin' a symlink to 'usr/bin', and is '/new_root/usr/bin/init' a symlink to '../lib/systemd/systemd'?

I'm not in /new_root, no.  /new_root just contains a "lost+found" directory.

I booted up with the live USB disk, mounted my drive, and here are my symlinks:

/bin -> /usr/bin/
/sbin -> /usr/bin

/usr/bin/init ->../lib/systemd/systemd*

While I admire your determination, are you sure that Arch is the right distro for you? You certainly don't need to reinstall Arch to install a single package. Look up chrooting on the wiki.

I think so.  I'm not an entirely newbie to linux.  I've used it for many years, but I've never installed it and bought a new laptop just for this purpose. I'm minimal by nature, and have even installed Ubuntu minimal disc, but unfortunately their auto updater made my "minimal installation" not so minimal.  A co-worker of mine suggested Arch and after reading up on it I thought I'd give it a try.

I'll read up on chrooting.  The most I've read so far is what's in the installation guide.

Last edited by r3joe (2013-11-18 06:05:58)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

/new_root is where your root filesystem gets mounted. If there's nothing in there, you're mounting the wrong one. Fix your bootloader config.

r3joe

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

/new_root is where your root filesystem gets mounted. If there's nothing in there, you're mounting the wrong one. Fix your bootloader config.

Simple.  This was my problem.  Thank you.

r3joe

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Re: [SOLVED] Root device mounted successfully,but /sbin/init does not e...

WorMzy, thank you for this as well.