I managed to some more output to the serial log (booted with "console=ttyS1,115200" only, no "console=tty0"):
starting version 219 [ 1.851984] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through /init: line 307: chroot: not found Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init. /init: line 325: chroot: not found /bin/sh: 0: Can't open splash [ 2.909334] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00007f00 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421117 Title: fails to boot with "Attempted to kill init" in VMWare, absolute /sbin/init symlink does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1421117/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
