On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 10:45:04AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> When I boot the VM it appears to find the kernel and the initramfs, carries
> on for a few seconds and stops at
> 
> Run /init as init process

This is often caused by an init script not properly  returning  (thus  hanging).
It's a terribly generic error; can you provide  the  full  boot  log  before  it
starts to hang ? Some potential solutions to try in the mean time:

https://stackoverflow.com/q/10955609/
https://mtekk.us/archives/guides/fix-linux-boot-halting-on-run-init-as-init-process/

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Ashley Dixon
suugaku.co.uk

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