Re: [Libguestfs] appliance VM won't start, can't find /init, but /init is in the image.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 05:16:13PM -0700, David Konerding wrote: > Hi, > Still trying to get libguestfs appliance test to work on Ubuntu Lucid. I > figured out my umask was causing problems and fixed that. now I'm on to a > new problem. libguestfs-test-tool reports the following: > > febootstrap: mounting new root on /root > febootstrap: chroot > /proc/uptime: No such file or directory > execl: /init: No such file or directory > febootstrap: debug: listing directory / > 2 d . 040755 4096 88619:5000 > 2 d .. 040755 4096 88619:5000 > 11 d lost+found 040700 16384 0:0 > 12 d bin 040755 4096 23083:5000 > 13 d boot 040755 4096 23083:5000 > 14 d etc 040755 4096 23083:5000 > 109 d lib 040755 4096 23083:5000 > 156 d sbin 040755 4096 23083:5000 > 157 d usr 040755 4096 23083:5000 > 534 d var 040755 4096 23083:5000 > 3701 - init 100750 3264 23083:5000 > > Note, init is indeed a file (a shell script). I checked the root and initrd > images, and they both have init (the initrd has an init binary, the root has > a shell script that starts udev etc). The problem is that the kernel gives the same error "execl: /init: No such file or directory" for a whole variety of reasons. These include: - /init missing (obviously not the case here) - /bin/sh missing - any library that /bin/sh needs is missing - ld-linux missing So you need to make sure /bin/sh is there. If it's a symlink (eg. to dash) then the destination file is there. Then do 'ldd /bin/sh' and make sure all of the required libraries and ld-linux are there.