For the past couple days, following an attempt to update the OS, my computer shows this on boot-up:
The only reason I'm using it right now is that I booted up from an older version, but I've had problems with installing new version before, and also getting error messages like this:
I believe I've also had problems removing old ones through the terminal.
Anyways, what's the best route at this point?
EDIT:
Understanding it as a kernel panic, I managed to get some info on my boot files. Here's what came up.
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
in partition 112 for .
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext2
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files: /grub/grub.cfg
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: crypto_LUKS
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
ubuntu-vg-root': _______________________________________________________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type ''
ubuntu-vg-swap_1': _____________________________________________________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type ''
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2,048 499,711 497,664 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501,758 1,953,523,711 1,953,021,954 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501,760 1,953,523,711 1,953,021,952 83 Linux
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt mLMv6i-emLW-vtk7-IRqk-QNrh-WhXk-VLqRFf LVM2_member
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 5077026c-b631-4601-b0e9-fc228c6860e9 ext4
/dev/sda1 8fb7c16b-f131-4622-86f0-e3a54e5272c3 ext2
/dev/sda5 37bfa81a-5253-4b9e-bfb3-963476e52b17 crypto_LUKS
========================= "ls -R /dev/mapper/" output: =========================
/dev/mapper:
control
sda5_crypt
ubuntu--vg-root
ubuntu--vg-swap_1
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 (rw)
============================= sda1/grub/grub.cfg: ==============================
Specs:
- Memory: 3.9 GiB
- Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz × 4
- Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on NV96
- OS: 64-bit
- Disk: 980.1 GB (and yet it says I don't have enough space in boot)