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Who'sThere?

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From: Middle-Of-Nowhere-USA

Registered: 2010-12-09

Posts: 59

Boot error: sbin/init does not exist

Hello. After a couple bad AUR builds, I had to reinstall Arch. When I finished reinstalling it, I received a message like this.

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

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

Any ideas? I've installed off the minimal net cd, so I'm not able to reload into a live environment.

At least I've learned to stick with traditional compiling from now on....

Last edited by Who'sThere? (2010-12-14 04:41:40)

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falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: Boot error: sbin/init does not exist

Do you have multiple drives? it sounds like you're specifying root by device file name (e.g. /dev/sda1) and not by something a little more unique like a label or UUID.

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