On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:44:52 +0100 Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have been able to take a screen-shot: > > https://i.imgur.com/nAsE6i6.jpg This means that dracut was unable to start systemd in order to continue the boot once the initramfs was finished creating the bootstrap. I have had this happen, but not with stock kernels. I build custom kernels, and dracut was not building a complete initramfs when they were installed. I had to write a script that created a custom file that told dracut to include all missing libraries, and run dracut again after install to fix the problem. The missing libraries included some vital systemd libraries. Because library versions change, I run the script to be sure that the custom file includes the latest libraries. If this *is* the cause, it will be obvious in /boot. The failing initramfs size will be about half the size of an initramfs file that works. I could not find any reason that dracut wasn't working properly when it first installed the kernel; all the settings said it should have put those libraries in, but I just could not get it to do so. If it is your issue, post back and I'll attach the file of libraries and the directory to put it in, as well as the dracut command to run. They might not work for you, since the version has to be included. There is also a way to actually examine what is in the initramfs, so you could see if the systemd libraries were there. From the dracut man page, Inspecting the Contents To see the contents of the image created by dracut, you can use the lsinitrd tool. # lsinitrd | less To display the contents of a file in the initramfs also use the lsinitrd tool: # lsinitrd -f /etc/ld.so.conf include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
