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ranjiao

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Registered: 2009-08-20

Posts: 16

[Solved]can't find inittab while booting

I was just following the instruction of Beginner's Guide. After installing the xorg I just rebooted, and it sucks.

The system stop loading with these message:

INIT: 2.86 booting
INIT: no inittab file found
Enter runlevel:

No matter which runlevel I choose it stopped loading with following message:

INIT: Entering runlevel x
INIT: No processes left in this runlevel

This is strange because I have installed arch linux by following Beginner's Guide months ago, and it was ok. Is there any way I can recover my archlinux?

Last edited by ranjiao (2009-08-22 02:30:19)

evr

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Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

does your system have an /etc/inittab file or is it missing completely?

ranjiao

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Registered: 2009-08-20

Posts: 16

Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

it is missming. I created one by using ubuntu live cd, after reboot it dispear again and arch still can't boot.

dcmNindy

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Registered: 2009-05-01

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

same issue...
this is about the third time i've revisited Archlinux...ALL with the same
results... a busted post install
why can't the bullet proof base system with-stand post install ops?

phrakture

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Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

If it's missing every time you re-create it, odds are your partitions are mucked up and you're not actually mounting the root partition you created. If you mounted your root partition with an ubuntu livecd, what does it contain? Do an ls $MOUNTPOINT/etc for us

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ranjiao

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Registered: 2009-08-20

Posts: 16

Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

If it's missing every time you re-create it, odds are your partitions are mucked up and you're not actually mounting the root partition you created. If you mounted your root partition with an ubuntu livecd, what does it contain? Do an ls $MOUNTPOINT/etc for us

Here is the screenshot:

sHyLoCk

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Registered: 2009-06-19

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Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

Did you upgrade your system recently?

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ranjiao

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Registered: 2009-08-20

Posts: 16

Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

Not yet. You mean that I must upgrade the whole system before installing xorgs?

However, it's already done, is there any way to fix this other than reinstall?

sHyLoCk

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Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

upgrade initscripts and udev together

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ranjiao

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Registered: 2009-08-20

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Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

upgrade initscripts and udev together

But I'm not able to enter arch even with fallback kernel, how to upgrade packages in this condition?

sHyLoCk

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Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

Use live cd, mount root directory and chroot in it.

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ranjiao

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Registered: 2009-08-20

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Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

Thanks alot. After force reinstalling initscripts and udev the system is able to boot.
Seems it's because I installed arch linux by using a old cd, and didn't upgrade the whole system while configuring.

sHyLoCk

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Registered: 2009-06-19

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Re: [Solved]can't find inittab while booting

Always do

pacman -Syu

and never upgrade single packages. Reading the frontpage of Arch [arch news] is very important before a full system upgrade as well. Glad you fixed your problem. Enjoy Arch!

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