This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.103ubuntu8 --------------- initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu8) utopic; urgency=medium
* Add readlink symlink for busybox in the busybox hook, needed to support /sbin/init as a readlink (LP: #1351295). -- Dimitri John Ledkov <x...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 01 Aug 2014 16:46:35 +0100 ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351295 Title: Boot fails if /sbin/init (or init= arg) is an absolute symlink Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Booting current Utopic with init=/bin/systemd fails., or installing systemd-sysv fails. In both cases we are dealing with an absolute symlink "/bin/systemd -> /lib/systemd/systemd" or "/sbin/init -> /lib/systemd/systemd". I see: /init: line 307: readlink: not found Target filesystem doesn't have requested /bin/systemd and then a kernel panic. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1351295/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp