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ghost40482

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Registered: 2016-05-31

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[SOLVED] Unable to boot using systemd-boot

Hello there,

I was trying to install Arch on Vbox, All steps on wiki have been done but it seem not working.

The first error after reboot is

mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

I checked the output of pacstrap and found some module warnings with autodetect:

possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x

I thought it's the problem so I just changed systemd-boot's initrd option to /initramfs-linux-fallback.img

Then I got the second error:

Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist.

I've been searching this for a while but haven't got a solution.
systemd-sysvcompat is installed. init=/lib/systemd/systemd is setted. I have no idea how to fix it.

Could anyone help me? All the configures are below.

Last edited by ghost40482 (2016-05-31 22:59:05)

useradded

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From: Edinburgh, UK

Registered: 2010-05-15

Posts: 77

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot using systemd-boot

I think those missing firmware warnings are probably nothing to do with your problem. I have them, too. See here: https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/a … 24864.html

Looking at your arch.conf, why do you have vmlinuz-linux paired with the fallback initramfs?

Shouldn't it be?:

linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img

Also, I don't think you need to explicitly set systemd as init anymore, at least not if you follow the installation defaults.

EDIT: Check also that your 'root=PARTUUID...' in your arch.conf is actually for the root partition (sda2, in your case) and not for the /boot partition, sda1.

Last edited by useradded (2016-05-31 11:07:44)

ghost40482

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Registered: 2016-05-31

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot using systemd-boot

WOW, That's it!

I spent about an afternoon to check the initramfs image because I saw the filesystem error and thought some loader stuffs are missing, but it actually means that the root is a wrong one. I feel like crying when I look your tips, (._.`)

Anyway, thank you so much for answering _(:з」∠)_

useradded

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From: Edinburgh, UK

Registered: 2010-05-15

Posts: 77

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot using systemd-boot

Glad to be of help.

One final thing, you can edit the title of this thread to start with '[SOLVED]'. This helps others searching for a similar problem to quickly find solutions that worked.

Enjoy using Arch!