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How to reduce the size of initrd.img on Ubuntu 13.04
with my latest upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04, the initrd.img-3.8.0-21-generic file is now 32M. This is creating me problem with upgrading to newer kernels as I have /boot partition of just 96MB. What can I ...
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Boot failure - drop to initramfs
I'm having my fresh Ubuntu 13.04 64bit install fail on me.
This is my partition structure:
ext4 filesystem (sda1) (boot /)
ext4 /home partition
swap
Installation completes normally but on the ...
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If I run boot repair will I lose everything in my hard drive?
My computer won't boot to ubuntu. What I get instead is "BusyBox v.1.18.5-1ubuntu4.1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in. Commands.
(Initramfs)
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I cannot boot my ubuntu desktop
I'm new to managing hard disks, and was editing partition table. Today, I accidentally restarted my ubuntu after deleted partition(/dev/sda1, /dev/sda2/, /dev/sda5) and before create new partition ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 boot crash - cannot locate sda
my hardware: Asus Eee PC 901go, Ubuntu 12.04.
System has crashed and doesn't boot without USB Ubutnu 12.04 stick. When trying to load normally (when choosing Ubuntu newest ver. via Grub) I get blank ...
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Couldn't get desktop environment
I'm totally new to Linux. I've downloaded Ubuntu 12.10, and mounted it using virtual clone drive. I chose Demo and full Installation and on the next page I chose Help me to boot from CD and I clicked ...
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Can not get rid of too new NVIDIA driver from initrd
I run kernel 3.5.0-27-generic on Ubuntu 12.10 (Pretzlyquantumbear!?)
Somehow, I have installed Nvidia driver 310.32, and X11 will not start unless I at each boot go and run make install in ...
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initramfs prompt after boot
I used 'Windows installer" for ubuntu 12.04 TLS. All went well and it asked me to reboot. Once rebooted, I received some NTFS error in flash and it goes to 'initramfs' boot prompt with a lot of help ...
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Impossible to boot 12.10 with kernel 3.5.0-26-generic
I use a laptop with Ubuntu 12.10, after the update installing the kernel 3.5.0-26-generic, I can not boot my computer on this kernel, I arrive on a Busybox terminal page, with initramfs. I can still ...
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initramfs - Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
I'm desperately trying to install ubuntu 12.10 64bit on my new Ultrabook.
Its a Sony T13 with 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, i7, windows 8.
I have an extra partition, D: "UBUNTU" already created with about ...
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ubuntu 12.04 freezes after booting to desktop
I can't find an answer to this problem. I have 12.04 installed, did an upgrade late one evening and when I rebooted next day Ubuntu went as far as the desktop and then frize after about 10 or 20 ...
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Diskless with Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to setup a new diskless solution with ubuntu 12.04 without any success. I followed this howto:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto
But the initramfs seems not to be ...
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update-initramfs is stuck
Today I wanted to install virtualbox (4.2) in Ubuntu 12.10 and went to the Software Center. After clicking on the 'Install' button in the USC virtualbox was being downloaded and installed.
I waited ...
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initramfs after grub rescue
I had a bootable USB key witk ubuntustudio with 2 partitions /dev/sdb1 with Ubuntu and a fat32 /dev/sdb2. Then I realized that Windows only reads partitions if they are the first. So I moved the ...
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Error while trying to install Ubuntu 12.10
I keep getting this error when I try to install Ubuntu 12.10:
busyboxv1.19.3(ubuntu 1:1.19.3-7ubuntu) built in shell(ash) enter help
intramfs
My computer is a Pentium III 700 MHz, with 655 MB RAM.
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Redirecting /dev/null to some other device
Is it possible to redirect, ie create /dev/null as non-null device, like /dev/console or /dev/stdout? This obviously has to be done before init runs create creates a standard /dev/null. Upstart seems ...
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Get files from disk on Ubuntu livecd?
I have a messed up hard drive that, when I boot it, just drops to initramfs. I am a newbie to ubuntu, and I think the hard drive is failing. Is there any way to "take my files and run", per say? Like, ...
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How to install dracut on Ubuntu 12.10?
I just tried to install dracut, a replacement for the initramfs-tools on a fresh Ubuntu 12.10 server to use the advanced features of dracut for booting from NFS over two bonded interfaces.
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disable initramfs in order to accelerate boot process
I was wondering if it is possible to disable initramfs on an ext4 partition in order to reduce the time it takes Ubuntu (12.04) to boot. See source here!
Instead, setting up the root device directly ...
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Fsck results for ubuntu 12.10
Can somebody look at my results of fsck?
My problem is that every single time that I'm booting my laptop I get initramfs error prompt every time I'm making fsck from a liveUSB.
I have been using ...
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LUKS initramfs boot problem: “/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root does not exist.” How can I fix it using a backup?
First time asker, relatively new to Ubuntu/Linux. Haven't had much luck with the search function. Please forgive the essay below - the problem is a bit unique, I think...
I'm running 12.04 on a ...
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Installed auto update to Ubuntu 12.10 and now the destop does not load
I updated Ubuntu 12.10 using the Update Manager, and now the desktop will not load.
I tried to remove nvidia-current and reinstall it through various methods suggested on the web, but the operation ...
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/dev/mapper/vg00-root does not exist
Since I upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 server. I obtain the following error at boot.
/dev/mapper/vg00-root does not exist
I must use the recovery mode to manually do "vgchange -ay" to active my VG00. ...
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12.10 update-initramfs forever after installing bootchart
I have installed bootchart with : sudo apt-get install bootchart but it got stuck in:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-generic
I did Ctrl+C after 35 min, and this is the where ...
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cannot mount /dev/loop1 on /cow
I am trying to install ubuntu 12.10 64bit using a liveUsb and I got this message :
cannot mount /dev/loop1 on /cow which shows up after clicking on "try Ubuntu before installing" or install Ubuntu".
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS installation not booting
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on 2 hardware raided DELL SAS drives using a SAS Controller model Adaptec 6405E. After installing the OS and loading custom drivers so that the OS sees the RAD array, ...
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Full disk encryption with seperate boot and encrypted keyfile storage: Two-Form Authentication
I am trying to setup true Full Disk encryption with two-form authentication on 12.04 and can not find out how to call a keyfile for the encrypted root out of another encrypted partition. All ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 won't boot
I upgraded to 12.04 a while ago and the internet dropped out halfway through so something went wrong, I would have upgraded/downgraded it but I can't boot off a CD/USB and terminal and my update ...
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Order in which passphrase is asked for encrypted volumes
I have installed 12.10 on a machine with two disks. The root partition is on one disk, the swap partition on the other. Both disks are encrypted and I have added the corresponding entries to ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Install Issues
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on a x86 Sony VAIO (its 10 years old.. running XP) and it is not working at all. I burned a LiveCD, popped it in, it came up to the Ubuntu splash screen then came ...
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10.04 drops to '(initramfs)' prompt on boot
I'm not sure what to do to solve the problem, I received this error upon boot.
mount: mounting /dev/disk/by-uuid/f60e3ce2-0237-45bb-bf07-581d0090cbc7 on /root
failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting ...
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“BusyBox initramfs” prompt while attempting to install from live CD on 2nd HDD
I've created a partition in ext3 on my second HDD to install Linux.
However, when I come to boot the CD, I get directed to a BusyBox prompt with no other choice than help.
Other topics I've read on ...
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Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block 0,0 [closed]
I've read the following two solution:
Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
kernel panic not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown block oo swapper ...
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Installing 12.04 on a Dell Dimension 2200
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu from a 12.04 live CD.
A few boots have gotten me (initframs) in BusyBox. During one attempt, it actually said it had loaded Ubuntu and gave me a command prompt, ...
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Don't want RAID to autostart
I have software RAID in my system, and I would REALLY like it NOT to automatically start at system boot.
Ubuntu system is installed on a partition not on a RAID (no need whatsoever to start raid for ...
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Boot fails and drops to 'initramfs' prompt after upgrade to 12.04
I ran my server (Intel DG45FC, Core 2 Duo) with 10.04 LTS server without any problem.
Yesterday, I upgraded to 12.04 and now the system doesn't boot any more. With the new kernel it drops directly ...
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How Do I Customize the “cryptroot” Script?
I have a system where all the partitions (/, /home, and swap) are encrypted except for /boot. /boot resides in an external device which also contains a set of encrypted key files used to automatically ...
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While upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04, can't generate initramfs
I am trying to upgrade my Ubuntu server from Oneiric to Precise (64-bits) with do-release-upgrade. The upgrade is going alright up to the point where it starts generating the ramfs. After starting, it ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 won't load - hangs at Busybox v1.18.5 / initramfs
I want to start by saying that I am very new with Linux (about 1 month using it). I have had no problems up until now.
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 from a Toshiba laptop with 250 GB hard drive and 3 GB ...
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stuck in busybox after update
I should start out by saying that I am not very tech savvy and have done my best to understand what is going on here from reading other people's posts and have fumbled my way through several attempted ...
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Can not boot! initramfs error!
I've had Ubuntu for a while and it'd been working fine till now. Every time I try to boot I get this message and I can not go any further:
BusyBox v1.17.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.17.1-10ubuntu1) built-in shell ...
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Resetup kernel for virtualbox and now ubuntu is in initramfs state
My 10.04LTS became Read-Only so I wanted to reboot this virtual machine. Then I couldn't get it back up running.
VirtualBox threw Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) error.
I did the ...
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initramfs: mounting /etc/auto.nfs on /root failed
I just completed all updates for Ubuntu 11.10 and on reboot i'm getting the error "mounting /etc/auto.nfs on /root failed" and dropping to initramfs. I have used both Ubuntu live cd and gparted live ...
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How to recover broken Xubuntu 12.04 (Recovery Mode) No Data Loss?
I've been working on my problem(s) since yesterday morning. I had a bad shut down on my system. Upon reboot Grub seemed fine I was able to mount my encrypted drive, and delivered to lightdm login ...
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How do I get a live-USB to use a partition for persistence?
I want to install Ubuntu to a USB hard drive so that it will run on all systems, that can run the LiveCD and store persistent data on a regular ext4 partition rather than a casper-rw file. In every ...
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Stuck at Busybox v1.18.4 (ubuntu 1:1.18.4-2ubuntu2) built-in shell (ash) Enter help for a list of commands
I've installed win 7 and ubuntu 11.04. I was trying to upgrade my machine to 11.10.
It was all good, it installed all the upgrades and asked me to restart.
After restarting I got the login screen ...
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boot up fails. drops to initramfs prompt 12.04
I am running an HP pavilion dv6000 dual boot win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. (well, up until today). after a reboot, the boot process drops to the busy box shell and i end up at the prompt:
BusyBox v1.18.5 ...
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initramfs unable to find a medium containing a live file system
I have a R100 Toshiba external CD-Rom using pci card and usb floppy. I have tried to install XP to see if it works any different and to do that I have to use recovery disks for the Toshiba to make a ...
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Ubuntu freezes at the purple screen ,but if I force re-boot , it shows BusyBox shell with initramfs. Happens 80% time [closed]
I tried both Ubuntu 11.04,11.10 & 12.04. It frequently freezes at the purple screen (the screen before the 5-dot ubuntu screen) I wait for 10-15 mins and when I force re-boot, it ends up showing ...
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Reboot to fail safe mode when root file system is full
I have a system running on a 4GB Nandrive.
When the drive is full, Ubuntu will not boot :( and I have to plug in a rescue thumbdrive to delete files.
The problem is the hardware is not easily ...
