[arch-general] interference of the recent /usr symlinking with the mkinitcpio 'usr' hook?

[Martti Kühne]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Simon Campese <arch-general at campese.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just did a fresh install of archlinux based off the most recent
> install cd. I've setup an encrypted root filesystem (btrfs) with
> separate subvolumes for /, /usr, /var, /home and /etc. All subvolumes
> are entered with the correct mount options (subvol=...) in
> /etc/fstab. In particular, the lines for the / and /usr mounts look
> identical, except for different arguments to the 'subvol' mount option.
>
> In my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, I have the following HOOKS line:
>
> HOOKS="base udev autodetect block keymap keyboard encrypt filesystems
> fsck usr shutdown"
>
> At bootup, right after entering my luks password, I get the following
> error message:
>
> "Error: Root device mounted successfully, but /sbin/init does not exist.
> Bailing out, you are on your own. Good Luck"
>

Of course. /sbin is a symlink now. You'll have to adjust your disk
setup and unite /usr and / for /sbin/init -> /usr/bin/systemd to be a
valid path. [0]

cheers!
mar77i

[0] https://www.archlinux.org/news/binaries-move-to-usrbin-requiring-update-intervention/