After Ubuntu Installs, it won't boot

[TheAnomaly]

I installed Ubuntu on my laptop earlier today and it works just fine.
I tried to install Ubuntu on my desktop (much more powerful than my laptop), and after the setup is complete and it reboots, the following error is shown when I try to boot Ubuntu up:

init: plymouth main process (461)killed by KILL signal
init: ureadahead main process (460) killed by KILL signal
exec : 5 : mountall: Input/output error
init: mountall main process (482) terminated with status 2
init: Failed to spawn console-setup main process : unable to execute: Input/output error
init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (486) terminated with status 2
Filesystem check or mount failed.
A maintenance shell will now be started.
CONTROL - D will terminate this shell and continue booting after re-trying filesystems. Any further errors will be ignored
/proc/self/fd/8: 20: /sbin/sulogin: Input/output error
init: mountall-shell main process (487) terminated with status 2
[ 7.283814}Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
start: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

I'm a complete beginner with Linux, so I could use some help.
I do a bit of programming, and judging by the errors, my guess would be there's something wrong with the communication between the files on the hard drive.
But that's just my guess. I have no clue to be honest.
Help would be appreciated.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

It looks like Hard disk problem only. Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD and execute sudo fdisk -l command in Terminal. Post output here.

sudo fdisk -l

[hatebreed]

it looks as though it didn't mount the / filesystem. could you post the grub.cfg file?

[TheAnomaly]

Hi and Welcome !

It looks like Hard disk problem only. Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD and execute sudo fdisk -l command in Terminal. Post output here.

sudo fdisk -l

Oh, that's interesting, I mounted my files, I'm dual booting Ubuntu with Windows 7, but okay, I'll make a bootable CD and see what happens.

it looks as though it didn't mount the / filesystem. could you post the grub.cfg file?

Umm okay, I'll look for it, give me a few minutes.
EDIT:
It seems that it doesn't exist on my computer..
I search it up, I find it, but if I attempt to copy it, nothing happens, and if I try to open the file location, I get an error stating it is unavailable.

[devils casper]

Did you mount / partition? grub.cfg file is available in /boot/grub folder.

Try to generate grub.cfg file again.
Open Terminal in LiveCD and execute this

sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt

/dev/sdXY is / partition.

sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
sudo umount /mnt

Reboot machine.

[TheAnomaly]

Anyway I ran the command sudoku fdisk -l

And here are my results:
Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks

Options:
-b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
-c switch off DOS-compatible mode
-h print help
-u <size> give sizes in sectors instead of cylinders
-v print version
-C <number> specify the number of cylinders
-H <number> specify the number of heads
-S <number> specify the number of sectors per track

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdxy /mnt
mount: special device /dev/sdxy does not exist
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9974f6bf

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 6 1197 9566208 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1197 91202 722965504 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe8900690

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 121600 976751968+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 1997 MB, 1997799424 bytes
62 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1015 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 3844 * 512 = 1968128 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x02140000

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 558659 558664 10251 15 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(558658, 37, 3)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 41, 0) logical=(558663, 57, 44)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdc2 1 525797 1010580540 76 Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(339, 0, 50) logical=(0, 0, 1)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 68, 2) logical=(525796, 20, 16)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdc3 ? 1117309 2234626 2147483647+ 78 Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(376, 120, 56) logical=(1117308, 10, 29)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(376, 120, 56) logical=(1117308, 10, 27)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdc4 ? 1117318 1309885 370114687+ ff BBT
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(1023, 255, 63) logical=(1117317, 12, 4)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 255, 63) logical=(192567, 29, 2
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l^C

EDIT:
Also, I don't know if I mentioned this, but I want to be able to boot both windows and ubuntu

[devils casper]

How did you install Linux? There isn't any Linux Partition. Did you install it inside Windows OS (Wubi install) ?

[JosePF]

hi,
could you try to enter this commands when you are in the emergency terminal as root:
1) cat /etc/fstab
2) blkid
and post results?

Regards

[dodo0822]

Hi everyone,
I installed Ubuntu with Wubi on my ASUS N82JQ laptop.
But I have the same error.
Can someone help me?