# Mender-convert: mender-client.service': No such file or directory **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 28, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696 "2022-02-28T22:35:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueWaterCrystal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/bluewatercrystal/32/1543_2.png) [@BlueWaterCrystal](https://hub.mender.io/u/BlueWaterCrystal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/1 "2022-02-28T22:35:55Z")
I’m currently getting this issue: ```auto 2022-02-28 22:25:36 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config 2022-02-28 22:25:36 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config 2022-02-28 22:25:36 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi3_config 2022-02-28 22:25:36 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender client and related files 2022-02-28 22:25:36 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender client version latest modules/probe.sh: line 95: VERSION_CODENAME: unbound variable 2022-02-28 22:25:39 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Successfully downloaded mender-client_3.2.1-1+debian+buster_amd64.deb 2022-02-28 22:25:39 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Successfully installed mender-client_3.2.1-1+debian+buster_amd64.deb into /mender-convert/work/rootfs/ mender-convert-modify has finished. Cleaning up... 2022-02-28 22:25:39 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert failed 2022-02-28 22:25:39 [DEBUG] [mender-convert-modify] When running: (./mender-convert-modify:112): run_and_log_cmd(): sudo ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/mender-client.service work/rootfs/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mender-client.service ln: failed to create symbolic link 'work/rootfs/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mender-client.service': No such file or directory 2022-02-28 22:25:39 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert failed 2022-02-28 22:25:39 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert exit code: 1 ``` I think this could be because the golden IMG use’s IPK instead of DEB files? ---
**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/2 "2022-03-01T12:20:37Z")
Hi @BlueWaterCrystal! Yes, I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of that being related to the `ipk`format, however it feels strange. Can you please describe the process you employ to generate the image, respectively the build system in use so I can look into it? Greetz, Josef ---
**Author:** ![BlueWaterCrystal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/bluewatercrystal/32/1543_2.png) [@BlueWaterCrystal](https://hub.mender.io/u/BlueWaterCrystal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/3 "2022-03-02T13:18:43Z")
Hi, The Image is created with OpenWRT and then the ex4-combined-img is added to mender-convert and target\_arch is manually configured in probe.sh. Arch:x86\_64 Bootloader:grub2 Build machine is running Debian 10. ---
**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/4 "2022-03-02T15:57:40Z")
Hi @BlueWaterCrystal Okay, I’m only guessing now as I’m no OpenWRT user, but: could it be that the expected file just is not there because OpenWRT is not using systemd? In that case, please check the config file that you are using with `mender-convert` and make sure that `MENDER_ENABLE_SYSTEMD` is not set to y. Greetz, Josef ---
**Author:** ![BlueWaterCrystal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/bluewatercrystal/32/1543_2.png) [@BlueWaterCrystal](https://hub.mender.io/u/BlueWaterCrystal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/5 "2022-03-02T18:48:39Z")
Hi, Thank you, that seemed to fix the previous issue but now another issue has occurred ```auto modules/probe.sh: line 95: VERSION_CODENAME: unbound variable 2022-03-02 18:30:12 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Successfully downloaded mender-client_3.2.1-1+debian+buster_amd64.deb 2022-03-02 18:30:12 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Successfully installed mender-client_3.2.1-1+debian+buster_amd64.deb into /mender-convert/work/rootfs/ 2022-03-02 18:30:12 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Creating state folder in the data partition for Mender add-ons find: 'work/rootfs/boot': No such file or directory find: 'work/rootfs/boot': No such file or directory find: 'work/rootfs/boot': No such file or directory 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Found Linux kernel image in boot part, moving to rootfs/boot 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Found Linux kernel image: /mender-convert/work/boot/boot/vmlinuz 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Unfortunately we where not able to find the initrd image. 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Please specify the image name using MENDER_GRUB_INITRD_IMAGETYPE (only required if your board is using this) mender-convert-modify has finished. Cleaning up... 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert failed 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [DEBUG] [mender-convert-modify] When running: (./mender-convert-modify:165): run_and_log_cmd(): sudo ln -s vmlinuz work/rootfs/boot/kernel ln: failed to create symbolic link 'work/rootfs/boot/kernel': Not a directory 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert failed 2022-03-02 18:30:13 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert exit code: 1 ``` Setting `MENDER_GRUB_INITRD_IMAGETYPE` yields similar result. Does the golden img partition size need to be a certain size or is it automatically increased by the media-convert? ---
**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/6 "2022-03-03T08:10:23Z")
Hi @BlueWaterCrystal More guesswork here, but the `/boot/boot/vmlinuz` path sounds strange. Is the kernel and initrd actually located right under `/boot`, or are there additional hierarchy layers? And are you actually using an initrd? Basically you seem to be on the right track, but the configuration file needs proper tweaking Greetz, Josef ---
**Author:** ![BlueWaterCrystal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/bluewatercrystal/32/1543_2.png) [@BlueWaterCrystal](https://hub.mender.io/u/BlueWaterCrystal)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/7 "2022-03-03T19:00:58Z")
Hi, I don’t believe it has an initrd, could that be the issue? BOOT Partition: ```auto BOOT: /GRUB VMLINZ ``` ---
**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-mender-client-service-no-such-file-or-directory/4696/8 "2022-03-04T10:06:06Z")
Hi @BlueWaterCrystal Hmhmhm. It might diverging here now a bit, but is there any specific reason why you want to use `mender-convert` to modify the image, instead of integrating into the OpenWRT build process? Generally speaking, `mender-convert` is targetted at debianoids, and therefore making it work in your situation seems to be problematic. Greetz, Josef