Public bug reported: I'm unsure what piece is actually causing this, possibly multipath postinst for mini.iso:
instantiating rtas at 0x000000002fff0000... done prom_hold_cpus: skipped copying OF device tree... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Quiescing Open Firmware ... #11-Ubuntu SMP T[ 0.800451] integrity: Unable to open file: /etc/keys/x509_ima.der (-2) [ 0.800453] integrity: Unable to open file: /etc/keys/x509_evm.der (-2) [ 2.095870] vio vio: uevent: failed to send synthetic uevent fsck: error 2 (No such file or directory) while executing fsck.ext4 for /dev/sdb2 fsck exited with status code 8 mount: mounting /dev/sdb2 on /root failed: Device or resource busy mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory mount: mounting /run on /root/run failed: No such file or directory run-init: current directory on the same filesystem as the root: error 0 Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init. run-init: current directory on the same filesystem as the root: error 0 run-init: current directory on the same filesystem as the root: error 0 run-init: current directory on the same filesystem as the root: error 0 run-init: current directory on the same filesystem as the root: error 0 run-init: current directory on the same filesystem as the root: error 0 No init found. Try passing init= bootarg. BusyBox v1.27.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu4) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. (initramfs) None of the very very many options shown (another bug, in os-prober probably) allow the system to boot successfully, but changing root=UUID=whatever to root=/dev/mapper/mpatha-part2 does. ** Affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797979 Title: [ppc64el] multipath install fails with bad UUID root= setting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1797979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs