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I was given a virtual machine of Ubuntu 14 that would not boot and would display:

kernel panic not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown-block 0 0

After looking around, I figured I could try fixing it by booting into recovery mode and using boot-repair.

It did something which gave me a new error. It looks like it's booting but then it gets stuck at either:

Restoring solver state

or

stopping system v runlevel compatibility

I would like help on suggestions on how I can get it boot again. Note: I was told it's Ubuntu 14 and I have the root password. But it boots into Lubuntu.

Thanks in advance.

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  • Given a VM? How? Unless there's data you need, I'd just reinstall Ubuntu. Mar 16, 2016 at 18:40
  • @AndroidDev I should elaborate. I was given a zip file with a lot of files. But if I go to the vmware workstation and select open a virtual machine and I can use the .vmx file that was in the the zip file. That's the broken Ubuntu. I've thought about reinstalling it, but I would like to keep the files.
    – thetaPC
    Mar 17, 2016 at 3:27

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I figured it out in case someone one day comes across the same situation.

I simply booted into safe mode and selected:

dpkg

It was resolved and I was able to boot back in normally. However, reverting back to the last kernel can also fix the problem since the current kernel was corrupted.

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