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Hello People, I am facing an issue here. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my machine. Recently due to power failure, my machine is not booting up properly. When I ...
  1. 05-14-2011 #1
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    Ubuntu 10.04 not booting properly

    Hello People,
    I am facing an issue here. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my machine. Recently due to power failure, my machine is not booting up properly. When I boot into ubuntu( I have dual boot XP & Ubuntu), A long data sheet scrolls and at the end the following comes

    Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init
    No init found. Try passing init= bootarg


    BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.1-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash)

    Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

    (initramfs)

    and the cursor blinks here.

    I have important data in this machine. Please help me with this issue.

    Thanx in advance.
    Last edited by thewhiteeye; 05-14-2011 at 09:00 AM. Reason: Update
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  2. 05-30-2011 #2
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    Can you access your hard drive from windows to get the information you need?

    I don't really know how to fix the problem you have but I'm sure you can get a program for windows that will let you access all the files on your other HDD, or even access the other partition of your HDD if you only have one thats partitioned for both the dual boot


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    Usually with a power failure and a unclean shutdown.

    The fil system becomes corrupted.

    Download and burn a Parted Magic Cd, boot it live, and do a file system check on your Ubuntu partition.
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    Good call rokytnji!


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  5. 06-11-2011 #5
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    Issue Solved

    I did the following and the computer booted fine:


    When the computer starts highlight the first entry for Ubuntu and press "c" to drop to a grub> prompt.

    the following commands and Enter after each one:


    Code:
    set prefix=(hd0,11)/boot/grub
    set root=(hd0,11)
    insmod linux
    linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda11 ro
    initrd /initrd.img
    boot
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    new to linux and get the busybox 1.13.3 error box

    Quote Originally Posted by thewhiteeye View Post
    I did the following and the computer booted fine:


    When the computer starts highlight the first entry for Ubuntu and press "c" to drop to a grub> prompt.

    the following commands and Enter after each one:


    Code:
    set prefix=(hd0,11)/boot/grub
    set root=(hd0,11)
    insmod linux
    linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda11 ro
    initrd /initrd.img
    boot



    everything worked great til i got to "insmod linux"...then i get the error message "no such partition"
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