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Bug 920707

Summary: Booted to rescue shell w/ error [!!] init (/sbin/init) not found in mounted root device (UNKNOWN)!
Product: Gentoo Release Media Reporter: Luke Lawlor <lklawlor1>
Component: InstallCDAssignee: Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: bkohler
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: file asked to be uploaded by the live CD

Description Luke Lawlor 2023-12-26 00:47:08 UTC
Created attachment 880308 [details]
file asked to be uploaded by the live CD

I cannot install Gentoo from the live CD, which I have burned onto a USB stick. I am booted into the rescue shell with the following error:
[!!] init (/sbin/init) not found in mounted root device (UNKNOWN)!

I created my bootable usb with this shell command:
dd if=install-amd64-minimal-20231224T164659Z.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M status=progress

Attached are the logs that the live CD asked me to attach to this bug report
Comment 1 Luke Lawlor 2023-12-26 01:06:51 UTC
Update: I have personally solved this by redownloading the iso and reburning it on a different usb stick.

I am not completely sure if this issue was my fault or a legitimate bug, so I will leave this report's status as unconfirmed for now.