[SOLVED] filesystem 2014.07-1 + systemd 215: cannot boot

Question

Hi!
With latest systemd + filesystem, i was no more able to boot.
Systemd fails to start initrd-switch-root.service; downgrading (lib)systemd(-sysvcompat) only is not enough, I had to downgrade filesystem too, to be able to boot.
There is probably a problem with the /etc/os-release move (i guess). I tried symlinking /usr/lib/os-release to /etc-osrelease (*after i downgraded to systemd 214*, so i had only filesystem 2014.07) and it failed anyway.
And obviously emergency shell did not show up (don't ask me the reason why...) even if OnFailure says it calls emergency.target...
Last edited by nierro (2014-07-06 07:43:36)

Answer 1

Hi!
This seems not be fixed for any non default kernel! At least a one successful boot with the default kernel (of Archlinux) is required or maybe the mentioned recreation of the mkinitcpip with a custom-kernel also fixes this. So in other words:
Everyone who doesn't use the Archlinux-Kernel needs to be instructed to rebuild the mkinitcpio for the custom kernel or a reboot with the kernel supplied by Archlinux.
// update
Probably this fix for systemd 215-2 trigger the creation "to late" i.e. not during the upgrade itself?
[2014-07-20 18:12] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (214-2 -> 215-4) # the upgrade through pacman
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 20 18:36 /etc/os-release -> ../usr/lib/os-release # time of my first successfull reboot
Last edited by hoschi (2014-07-20 17:24:43)