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Every time the system updates the kernel from 3.5.0-24 to 3.5.0-34 I get dropped into a busybox prompt at boot, but I can boot just fine using the previous kernel. I've tried all I know. I did a fsck.ext3 -f /dev/sdb2 using the alternate install CD. I've used boot-repair but to avail, I've checked for bad blocks but there are none. Should I purge the new kernel and use the old one instead? This is the output from boot-repair the first time, no purge. http://paste.ubuntu.com/5809230/

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  • Do you have enough disk space? Purge the new kernel and reinstall it, and if it shows any error message include it in your question. Also, you can try kernel 3.8.0: sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-raring. – Eric Carvalho Jun 28 '13 at 23:34
  • @EricCarvalho I have more than enough disk space, I have almost 460GB left of 500GB. And there are no error messages, it just fails silently. I will try using the 3.8 kernel. – Victor Martinez Jun 29 '13 at 0:46
  • I installed the 3.8.0 kernel, but it failed on boot dropping me back into busybox. Just did a boot-repair, without purging the kernels. paste.ubuntu.com/5809521 Going to reboot, and see if it works now. – Victor Martinez Jun 29 '13 at 0:57
  • 3.8.0 didn't work. – Victor Martinez Jun 29 '13 at 1:10
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Fixed it, using boot-repair, I added the kernel option rootdelay=90. Now the linux-kernel-3.5.0-34-generic-image. But after much research and testing, I have decided to go with the linux-generic image boots properly. which is kernel version 3.2.0-48. It's the only one that boots up correctly without having to add any kernel options. Also using this kernel solved another issue I had, which was a waking up took too long. Now waking up after suspend takes just 2 seconds as opposed to 10-20 seconds using the other images.

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