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Hello, this is my first post for Arch, so I hope this is in the proper place.
I am having troubles getting the installation process started. I downloaded and burned the 10/1/15 Arch image to a disk.
I am trying to install on a IBM Thinkpad 600E, in which the guide says to install as normal, however boot up before installation always hangs with the following on the screen:
[ 2.730508] Starting init: /bin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)
[ 2.730688] Starting init: /bin/sh exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)
[ 2.730807] Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
[ 2.730964] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.2.2-1-ARCH #1
[ 2.731065] Hardware name: IBM 26458AU/26458AU, BIOS INET30WW 11/20/1999
[ 2.731173] c162b967 ab054c8d 00000000 c60b5f80 c14c3e0d ab054c8d c60b5f98 c14c351c
[ 2.731691] 00032ba3 ab054c8d 00032ba3 00000000 c60b5fac c14c12a8 c1585190 c1584dd5
[ 2.732201] ffffffe6 c60b4000 c14c8d41 c14c11d0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 2.732708] Call Trace:
[ 2.732839] [<c14c3e0d>] dump_stack+0x48/0x69
[ 2.732944] [<c14c351c>] panic+0x81/0x1a5
[ 2.733065] [<c14c12a8>] kernel_init+0xd8/0xe0
[ 2.733211] [<c14c8d41>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30
[ 2.733333] [<c14c11d0>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
[ 2.733440] Kernel Offset: disabled
[ 2.733440] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
[ 27.240137] random: nonblocking pool is initializedI do not know of any way to get past this, and all of my Linux-knowledgeable friends no nothing about using Arch.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Perhaps you have a faulty image or the disc wasn't created properly. Did you verify the checksums of the installation ISO with the one listed on the download page?
How are you installing it? From a disc? From a USB? How were they created? Are there any other errors that show?
Perhaps you can get more information by booting the kernel in verbose or debug mode. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Boot_debugging
I don't want to work. I want to bang on the drum all day.
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Perhaps you have a faulty image or the disc wasn't created properly. Did you verify the checksums of the installation ISO with the one listed on the download page?
How are you installing it? From a disc? From a USB? How were they created? Are there any other errors that show?
Perhaps you can get more information by booting the kernel in verbose or debug mode. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Boot_debugging
The image was burned to a CD that I am installing from. I know that the image is not faulty because it installed fine in a virtual machine on my main laptop.
I can try debugging when I get home later to see if I can get more information out of it
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