[SOLVED] /sbin/init does not exist likewise can't boot from usb

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-10 13:10:50

Hello Everybody,

I have the following big problem:

My Laptop fails to booting and goes to rootfs since: "Root device mounted succesfully, but /sbin/init does not exist.",

the trouble is that I can't boot the machine even from USB live, because after booting from USB the system continuously returns error messages such as USB 1-8 device descriptor read/64, error -71"

https://imgur.com/a/wHPK6gV

I must add, that this only happens with a USB flashed with Arch

Can anyone help me?

Last edited by VecchiaZimarra (2024-06-13 07:12:26)

astralc · 2024-06-10 13:35:25

For the root device - you have incorrect "root=....", or rootflags (e.g. in case of btrfs with subvolume for root) - assuming it is installed correctly

For the USB - how do you create it (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_fl … ion_medium)? You may have faulty USB disk or faulty USB port.

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-10 14:25:00

Tnx but i need some kind of a solution...not a newspaper titles

Scimmia · 2024-06-10 14:30:01

Newspaper titles? WTF are you talking about?

Reread the post and answer their question.

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-10 15:52:44

Scimmia wrote:

Newspaper titles? WTF are you talking about?
Reread the post and answer their question.

ok, the live media was created perfectly and the answer about the /sbin/init frankly I really didn't understand it

Scimmia · 2024-06-10 17:11:45

So you still refuse to answer astralc's question?

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-10 17:18:28

i have created the live usb by dd tool

Scimmia · 2024-06-11 03:27:35

It should work, then. astralc is probably correct that the drive has problems.

seth · 2024-06-11 07:46:18

Does the SHA256 of the usb key match the iso match the one listed on the download page?
Can you boot an older install iso from https://archive.archlinux.org/iso/ ("older" like from January, not from 2013)?

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-11 20:03:02

seth wrote:

Does the SHA256 of the usb key match the iso match the one listed on the download page?
Can you boot an older install iso from https://archive.archlinux.org/iso/ ("older" like from January, not from 2013)?

Hi Seth, unfortunately the problem is always the same with any ISO.

seth · 2024-06-11 20:24:19

seth wrote:

Does the SHA256 of the usb key match the iso match the one listed on the download page?

Can you boot https://grml.org from that very USB key?

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-11 21:28:15

seth wrote:

seth wrote:
Does the SHA256 of the usb key match the iso match the one listed on the download page?
Can you boot https://grml.org from that very USB key?

Oh yes, grml works fine It practically boots regularly despite the USB errors

seth · 2024-06-11 21:36:25

So the usb errors are red herrings, your problem w/ the arch install isos is something different.
Can you fix the original /sbin/init problem from grml?

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-11 21:47:19

seth wrote:

So the usb errors are red herrings, your problem w/ the arch install isos is something different.
Can you fix the original /sbin/init problem from grml?

I apologize Seth but this is the first time I've heard about grml

can you explain me how i can fix /sbin/init from that iso tool?

seth · 2024-06-11 21:57:48

Depends on what's wrong with it.

astralc wrote:

For the root device - you have incorrect "root=....", or rootflags (e.g. in case of btrfs with subvolume for root) - assuming it is installed correctly

Mount the system partition and boot partition and inspect the filesystem (is there an /sbin/init, is it an executable binary/symlink to systemd) and is the bootloader config ok.
If you can https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot#Using_chroot into the system, you can also use pacman to check the integrity of the systemd (and other) packages w/ -Qkk and posibly fix them.
grml is just some live distro specialized in general system recovery

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-11 22:01:22

ok so i chrooted normally it were arch iso

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-12 16:02:07

thanks for the tip Seth, I solved the first /sbin/init problem with arch-root (refreshing bootstrap and grub). Now the problem of continuous usb errors messages on boot still remains. So i can't start ARCH from live

seth · 2024-06-12 18:51:24

So i can't start ARCH from live

1. why do you want to?
2. since you apparently get the same errors from grml they're most likely a red herring itr. Do you get usb errors when booting the installed system (and mount the usb drive)?

VecchiaZimarra · 2024-06-13 06:16:44

seth wrote:

So i can't start ARCH from live
1. why do you want to?
2. since you apparently get the same errors from grml they're most likely a red herring itr. Do you get usb errors when booting the installed system (and mount the usb drive)?

Yes, when booting from the installed system dmesg reports the same usb errors. But other than this report, the USB ports work normally. I tried suspending all built-in devices from the bios, but nothing happens.

seth · 2024-06-13 06:22:18

So it's a red herring . If you've issues to boot the install iso, you'll have to isolate the actual cause.
Start with the symptoms, the iso seems to do "something" - but this is topic for another thread.

In casde you /sbin/init problem has been resolved and please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Arch Linux

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