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I am using Ubuntu 11.10. An hour ago I had my laptop Sony Vaio VPCEB1S1E running. I saw there are updates to install and I installed them. I turned off the laptop and now when I turn it on it loads until BusyBox v1.18.4 appears.

I've seen suggestions for solving this on askubuntu. I booted Puppy Linux from USB and repaired the partition where the Ubuntu is installed. I rebooted but it did not help.

I saw other suggestions like writing "exit" at the BusyBox prompt. This didn't help either.

I love the Ubuntu OS, but these days I get problems like this while booting. The last times I could repair it with GParted, but then it wasn't a problem with BusyBox, it was some other error, like "cannot boot /".

The same problem had occurred on Ubuntu 10.10 and there I had repaired it with GParted.

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Try loading from an older kernel.

If it doesn't work, start a Live CD, and launch :

palimpsest

Click on your hard disk and check if the Smart State is ok, if it is Ok click on Smart Datas and run a test. I think your hard disk is just kaputt (not good to be used anymore) but I may be wrong.

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The disk must be ok. I can access all my data from Linux Puppy. By loading from old kernel you mean at the OS selection screen to select "Older version"? Sorry for the dummy question. I am just new in Linux. – Ivan Dokov Nov 23 '11 at 8:41
I have 9 bad sectors, but the disk is ok. It shows a green circle. – Ivan Dokov Nov 23 '11 at 11:56
Anyway. I've re-installed my OS. This is not the best solution, but I needed the laptop working ASAP. – Ivan Dokov Nov 25 '11 at 9:02

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