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    • Oracle Linux: System Boot Error: "Failed to Execute /sbin/init"

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    Applies To:

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Oracle Linux 8

    Symptoms:

    When booting the instance, the following errors are displayed in the console output:

    [ **** ] Failed to execute /sbin/init
    
[ **** ] systemd[1]: Failed to execute /bin/sh, giving up: No such file or directory
    
[ **** ] Failed to execute fallback shell.

    Cause:

    Although /sbin/init and /bin/sh exist, the shared libraries they depend on are missing or corrupt.

    # ls -l /sbin/init /bin/sh
    
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 22 Mar 11 11:53 /sbin/init -> ../lib/systemd/systemd
    
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 4 May 22 2024 /bin/sh -> bash
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