[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
For me the problem originated from using unetbootin to install. When I went to using a CD, all was well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
This is far from expired. My desktop has an 3 disks. one is an SSD (for the / filesystem). I was unable to install Ubuntu 64 bits on it because of this problem. Tried 12.04 and 13.10 both as a CD install and USB. always the same message. It seems there is no /init script in the initramfs. Grub 2 config seems ok. References are pointing to the right places and the destination files seem to be there. There is no way to boot the machine normally. Tried Ubuntu 32Bits worked immediately. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
Same bug after some updates in ubuntu 13.10. I had to reistall after having tried all methods of all gurus around. Reinstall over same OS failed with same error. No idea why. It seems that someone in the web solved this error putting back the link in the /lib/lib64 folder. ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.17.so ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 This seems a common problem in ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10. Everything is intact in the filesystem with exception of that small file. I would reopen this thread due to the frequency of this bug. Looking around in the web many users had this problem after regular updates of the OS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
It appears this affected other users too, based on this thread. http://askubuntu.com/questions/355345/failed-to-execute-init-kernel- panic-not-syncing-no-init-found -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
Further information: This bug might be better filed against unetbootin, because when I install from a DVD, it works flawlessly! I am going to proceed on with my install, but I may have a chance to test things after I determine that I can ditch my 13.04 partition. Thanks for all the help! Rob -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
Phillip, You suggestion about bind mounting allowed update-intiramfs to work, but the no /init error persists. I think the key lies in the fact that 32 bit installs work, but not 64 bit ones, but I'm not quite sure where to go from here. Thanks for the assistance. Rob -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
Thanks Phillip, I discovered something interesting. The problem seems to go away if I install a 32 bit OS instead of 64 bit. Right now I'm installed with Ubuntu 13.10 32 bit on that same partition, and everything is hunky doory. I do want to change over to 64 bit, so I'm going to go back and install Ubuntu 13.10 64 bit and try your suggestions above to create a new initramfs. The results of SMART testing (short test) completed without error. Rob -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
Bind mount /dev, /proc, and /sys before chrooting: sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev, etc You might also want to check the drive's SMART status in the disk utility to make sure it isn't failing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
I decided to try installing 13.04, 64 bit, to see what would happen and the results are identical. So this is not an OS issue, or it is there in 13.04 as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
I went and tried the daily build from today, and the first reboot I did recovery mode so I could see what was happening. I noticed the kernel panic was different than the ones I get subsequently. I thought I took a photo of it, but the camera button didn't get pushed properly, and I missed it. Even though I formatted the partition, I now notice that there is an initrd.img.old in the / directory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
Thanks Philip, I hadn't figured out about the chroot. I was just connected to it from 13.04. Then I tried chroot, but you can't chroot from a 32 bit system to a 64 bit root, so I am now booted from the USB Live 64 bit install and have chrooted there okay, but it won't update. Here is what I get: root@ubuntu:/# sudo update-initramfs -c -k 3.11.0-11-generic sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-11-generic /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 137: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 142: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 142: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 279: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied WARNING: no ldd around - install libc-bin update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-11-generic with 1. root@ubuntu:/# which ldd /usr/bin/ldd I noticed from reading the thread quoted above than someone in August had this issue, and tried the next daily build and it solved the problem for him. Maybe I should do that, but then I'll always wonder what was the problem with this one. Any ideas? Thanks, Rob -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
I'm not sure what you mean by "when connected into the / directory of the 13.10 partition". Did you mount it and chroot into it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
Here is my grub.cfg. I'm still trying to figure out how to run update-initramfs when booted from Ubuntu 13.04. It seems to be the chicken and egg problem. From 13.04 when connected into the / directory of the 13.10 partition, I get: sudo update-initramfs -c -k 3.11.0-11-generic [sudo] password for frohro: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-11-generic grep: /boot/config-3.11.0-11-generic: No such file or directory WARNING: missing /lib/modules/3.11.0-11-generic Device driver support needs thus be built-in linux image! ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/3.11.0-11-generic: No such file or directory FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_Uhii5Q/lib/modules/3.11.0-11-generic/modules.order: No such file or directory WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_Uhii5Q/lib/modules/3.11.0-11-generic/modules.builtin: No such file or directory and when I use the -b ./boot option I get the same thing. ** Attachment added: "grub.cfg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+attachment/3866908/+files/grub.cfg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
/init is the script in the initramfs, not /sbin/init in your root fs, so it sounds like your initramfs is broken. Try regenerating it with update-initramfs, and attach your /boot/grub/grub.cfg. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
One thing I did note as I was in grub2, was that the drive partitions said something like this (hd0,msdos), and I didn't think there were any msdos partitions. The above note seems to corroborate that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
I guess the msdos is the partition type. (I used logical, in gparted or the installer; I can't recall which anymore.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
This might help too: frohro@frohro-e6410:/media/frohro/5b901d56-389b-48b1-a911-08dab37d228d$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for frohro: Disk /dev/sda: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000ea3e1 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 *2046 134223871671109135 Extended /dev/sda2 134223872 25006899157922560 83 Linux /dev/sda5 7811072 13422387163206400 83 Linux /dev/sda62048 7811071 3904512 82 Linux swap / Solaris Another thing: My other partition has Ubuntu 13.04 32 bit and the 13.10 is the 64 bit. My machine is a 64 bit one, a Dell E6410. The error message says look at this document: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/init.txt I don't see anything that I can tag as a problem from that. I must be missing it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1236642] Re: failed to execute /init
The directories and files in the root partition look similar to my other working 13.04 partition with the exception of .old files. The /sbin/init is there. Here is what the initrd.img has within it: $ lsinitramfs initrd.img | grep init initrd.img bin/run-init scripts/init-top scripts/init-top/udev scripts/init-top/all_generic_ide scripts/init-top/blacklist scripts/init-top/ORDER scripts/init-bottom scripts/init-bottom/udev scripts/init-bottom/ORDER init lib/modules/3.11.0-11-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/initio.ko lib/firmware/ene-ub6250/sd_init2.bin lib/firmware/ene-ub6250/sd_init1.bin lib/firmware/ene-ub6250/ms_init.bin conf/initramfs.conf I followed the ideas for using the command line of grub at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2013-August/271141.html and set seemed all okay as did ls. Then I did: linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0.6-generic root=/dev/sda3 ro debug and initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.10.0.6-generic and boot (Note: these versions are not mine. They came from the web page. I can't copy and paste if I can't boot. :-)) The same result ensued. $ ldd sbin/init not a dynamic executable I went looking for the libraries needed using frohro@frohro-e6410:/media/frohro/5b901d56-389b-48b1-a911-08dab37d228d$ readelf -d sbin/init | grep NEEDED 0x0001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libnih.so.1] 0x0001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libnih-dbus.so.1] 0x0001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libdbus-1.so.3] 0x0001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libjson-c.so.2] 0x0001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [librt.so.1] 0x0001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.6] and found them all ls lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ ld-2.17.solibnsl-2.17.so ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 libnsl.so.1 libacl.so.1 libnss_compat-2.17.so libacl.so.1.1.0 libnss_compat.so.2 libanl-2.17.solibnss_dns-2.17.so libanl.so.1 libnss_dns.so.2 libatasmart.so.4 libnss_files-2.17.so libatasmart.so.4.0.5 libnss_files.so.2 libattr.so.1 libnss_hesiod-2.17.so libattr.so.1.1.0 libnss_hesiod.so.2 libaudit.so.1 libnss_nis-2.17.so libaudit.so.1.0.0 libnss_nisplus-2.17.so libblkid.so.1 libnss_nisplus.so.2 libblkid.so.1.1.0 libnss_nis.so.2 libbrlapi.so.0.6 libntfs-3g.so.841 libbrlapi.so.0.6.0libntfs-3g.so.841.0.0 libBrokenLocale-2.17.so libpamc.so.0 libBrokenLocale.so.1 libpamc.so.0.82.1 libbsd.so.0 libpam_misc.so.0 libbsd.so.0.6.0 libpam_misc.so.0.82.0 libbz2.so.1 libpam.so.0 libbz2.so.1.0 libpam.so.0.83.0 libbz2.so.1.0.4 libparted.so.0 libc-2.17.so libparted.so.0.0.1 libcap.so.2 libpci.so.3 libcap.so.2.22libpci.so.3.1.9 libcidn-2.17.so libpcprofile.so libcidn.so.1 libpcre.so.3 libcom_err.so.2 libpcre.so.3.13.1 libcom_err.so.2.1 libpcsclite.so.1 libcrypt-2.17.so libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libcrypto.so.1.0.0libply-boot-client.so.2 libcrypt.so.1 libply-boot-client.so.2.1.0 libc.so.6 libply.so.2 libdbus-1.so.3libply.so.2.1.0 libdbus-1.so.3.7.4libply-splash-core.so.2 libdevmapper-event.so.1.02.1 libply-splash-core.so.2.1.0 libdevmapper.so.1.02.1libply-splash-graphics.so.2 libdl-2.17.so libply-splash-graphics.so.2.1.0 libdl.so.2libpng12.so.0 libe2p.so.2 libpng12.so.0.49.0 libe2p.so.2.3 libpopt.so.0 libexpat.so.1 libpopt.so.0.0.0 libexpat.so.1.6.0 libprocps.so.0 libext2fs.so.2libprocps.so.0.0.1 libext2fs.so.2.4 libpthread-2.17.so libfuse.so.2 libpthread.so.0 libfuse.so.2.9.2 libreadline.so.5 libgcc_s.so.1 libreadline.so.5.2 libgcrypt.so.11 libreadline.so.6 libgcrypt.so.11.7.0 libreadline.so.6.2 libglib-2.0.so.0 libresolv-2.17.so libglib-2.0.so.0.3800.0 libresolv.so.2 libgpg-error.so.0 librt-2.17.so libgpg-error.so.0.10.0librt.so.1 libgudev-1.0.so.0 libSegFault.so libgudev-1.0.so.0.1.3 libselinux.so.1 libhistory.so.5 libsepol.so.1 libhistory.so.5.2 libslang.so.2 libhistory.so.6 libslang.so.2.2.4 libhistory.so.6.2 libssl.so.1.0.0 libiw.so.30 libss.so.2 libjson-c.so.2libss.so.2.0 libjson-c.so.2.0.1libsystemd-daemon.so.0 libjson.so.0 libsystemd-daemon.so.0.0.10 libkeyutils.so.1 libsystemd-journal.so.0 libkeyutils.so.1.4libsystemd-journa
