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    • Oracle Linux: System Fails to Boot with "No /sbin/init, trying fallback"

    edited Mar 22, 2023 4:10PM in Linux

    Applies to:

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later

    Linux x86-64

    Symptoms

    While booting the system seems to be stuck:

    [ OK ] Started Plymouth switch root service.
[ OK ] Started Cleanup udevd DB.
[ OK ] Reached target Switch Root.
Starting Switch Root...

    Even trying to boot with "init=/bin/bash debug"in the kernel line, that message does not change.

    Adding "init=/bin/bash debug log_buf_len=49M" to the boot kernel line, reveals the actual error message:

    [ 10.256326] systemd-journald[314]: Received SIGTERM from PID 1 (n/a).
[ 10.258886] systemd-journald[314]: systemd-journald stopped as pid 314
[ 10.267485] systemd[1]: Closing left-over fd 29
[ 10.270155] systemd[1]: Closing left-over fd 24
[ 10.274222] systemd[1]: No /sbin/init, trying fallback
[ 10.279261] systemd[1]: Failed to execute /bin/sh, giving up: No such file or directory
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