[SOLVED] /sbin/init does not exist error on boot

Hi all,
Let me first say that Arch Linux is a great distribution and I couldn't be more happier with it! Thanks to everyone who is involved in building it.
However, as the subject line suggests, I have run into a problem. I have tried every trick in my book and every suggestion on Google but the problem still persists.
The setup
* UEFI boot loader on /dev/sda1
* BTRFS file system on /dev/sda2 in __active subvolume
* The system was installed in Jan using the latest install CD (I presume systemd changes were already applied)
The problem
Booting halts on rEFInd screen
What I have tried
Since the last pacman command upgraded git and kernel to 3.7.6-1 (this is not the first kernel upgrade on this system)my first idea was to rollback to 3.7.5-1 which results in /sbin/init not found error.
Re-installing 3.7.6-1 halts the system on rEFInd boot screen. I tried booting from rEFI shell and it results in the same /sbin/init not found error (on 3.7.6-1 kernel) so I presume that's the main issue here.
From there on (as suggested by various posts online) I have verified that rEFInd points to the correct root partition. Also, I've tried passing /bin/systemd explicitly but the error still persists.
I can boot into Live install environment and chroot into the setup on my drive. I have checked that /sbin/init exists (as well as /bin/systemd).
I am out of options here. Any help will be much appreciated.
Please let me know if you require any other information from me.
Last edited by clalbus (2013-02-10 20:59:42)

OK, now that I have marked the __active subvolume as default I can boot (using EFI shell) without using the rootflags=subvol=__active kernel parameter.
However, rEFInd boot loader is still not working (with or without rootflags=subvol=__active). Unfortunately I don't see any error messages as the system hangs at rEFInd boot screen.
Here's my archlinux.nsh (that I use to boot through EFI shell):
echo -on
\EFI\arch\vmlinuz-arch.efi root=PARTUUID=626f545b-44f5-4a72-b1f3-d942fbcd0b46 ro rootfstype=btrfs add_efi_memmap systemd.unit=graphical.target initrd=\EFI\arch\initramfs-linux.img rootflags=subvol=__active
Here's my refind_linux.conf from (/boot/efi/EFI/arch)
"Boot with defaults" "root=PARTUUID=626f545b-44f5-4a72-b1f3-d942fbcd0b46 ro rootfstype=btrfs add_efi_memmap systemd.unit=graphical.target rootflags=subvol=__active"
"Boot to terminal" "root=PARTUUID=626f545b-44f5-4a72-b1f3-d942fbcd0b46 ro rootfstype=btrfs add_efi_memmap systemd.unit=multi-user.target rootflags=subvol=__active"
Any idea why booting through EFI shell would work but not through rEFInd?
Is it worthwhile rebuilding /boot?

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There have been quite a few changes since you last updated e.g. we're using 'rw' instead of 'ro'. Try
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda7 rw init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd
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I'm having the issue where when I boot after doing a fresh install, it gives me:
ERROR: Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist
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WorMzy wrote:Oh, and /usr/lib/systemd/systemd is supposed to be an ELF binary. Not sure why you think it should be a text file.
I saw another thread saying that adding an entry there would help. I think it was "init=<something>".
WonderWoofy wrote:A separate /etc is not supported whatsoever. There needs to be initial access to a few things there. I'm sure it could be made to work with some initramfs hackery. But it is neither supported or wise to do so IMO.
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[SOLVED]Will not boot: "/sbin/init does not exist...

There is another thread about this, but as of today (26-07-2013) it is 3 years old and Arch no longer uses sysvinit.
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Any chance you have more than one drive attached? There are no guarantees as to which drive is mapped to sda and which is mapped to sdb.
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