@@ 5,7 5,7 @@ date: 2023-11-22T12:07:45-08:00
## Background
I have several KVM guests running on my homelab server. Their storage is all
-local, backed by LVM logical volumes. After a power outage, one of my hosts
+local, backed by LVM logical volumes. After a power outage, one of my VMs
failed to boot with the dreaded [no working init
found](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/init.html) error
message.
@@ 13,7 13,7 @@ message.
I'm aware this is a ludicrously specific situation. In case anyone else (including future
me) runs into this, I want to document how I solved it.
-## Initial troubleshooting
+## Which partition has the problem?
Because this particular host had an encrypted disk which required a passphrase
to be entered on the console, I had clues about how far I got in the boot
@@ 22,12 22,11 @@ main partition (which contained `/home` and everything else).
So the problem was with the boot partition.
-## Troubleshooting
+## Troubleshooting the boot partition
All commands here are were run as root on the KVM host. `caravel` is the name
of my KVM host, and `deb1` is the name of the guest.
-
### Turn off the VM
First, rememember to stop the VM, which is still hung on startup: