On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:38:47 +0100, auto709563 wrote > I have installed 4.4 on amd64. > > When I boot up I get a pretty dmesg, followed by: > > Feb 9 18:52:43 init: cannot stat /etc/login.conf: No such file or > directory > sh: /etc/rc: No such File or directory > Feb 9 18:52:45 init: /etc/pwd.db: No such file or directory > Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: > > After this, I get a shell, but nothing but / seems mounted. > > I could not save the dmesg.
Very strange. You have a kernel, and you have init(8), but it looks like looks like /etc is missing or damaged. Did you, by chance, create a separate partition for /etc? That could explain this, as /etc is needed in order to boot multi-user.