[SOLVED]#! 10 Can't Boot. stuck in shell

mogop · 2012-09-03 10:04:57

I did a restart last night and after that I can't boot #! and I'm stuck in the shell with (initramfs):

any help what went wrong and why is this happen ?

Last edited by mogop (2012-09-03 20:29:44)

xaos52 · 2012-09-03 10:21:11

Didi you change something to your disk configuration? Like installing a new distro, editing the partitioning scheme, installing a new disk...

Try booting from a live #! system - CD or USB thumb drive - chroot into your #! system on disk and try running initramfs again.

For instructions on how to chroot, see http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/150294/#p150294

in the chroot, run:

sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

Try rebooting after getting out of chroot.

mogop · 2012-09-03 11:07:14

I didn't do anything, just restarted

xaos52 · 2012-09-03 11:20:19

Was this your first restart after install perhaps?

mogop · 2012-09-03 11:24:56

not at all. the OS was installed and used everyday for a week.

xaos52 · 2012-09-03 11:52:26

Are you double booting with windows?
Just trying to find out what may be the cause of this.
Try the instructions from my post #2

mogop · 2012-09-03 11:56:40

No other OS on the HDD only #!. I'll try later with USB flash stick

mogop · 2012-09-03 15:41:02

problems never end. I just made a Installation USB stick (based on http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/statler … tallation) and I can't boot with it either - booting process stop with error : [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk unable to open '/dev/sda'.
I got tired with this so my next move is to create a winXP booting USB stick.

mogop · 2012-09-03 16:54:26

I tried again to boot with #! 10, lubuntu 10.10, zorin 5.2 - with #! there is a error unable to open '/dev/sda' with zorin and lubuntu after starting X the system freeze. I'm shooting in the dark but could the HDD be broken?

xaos52 · 2012-09-03 19:15:00

Could be.
When you boot #! from HD, I suppose you get the GRUB menu and you select the first entry, right?
In stead place your cursor over the first entry and press 'e' - that is the letter 'e', first letter of 'edit'.
Please note the response you get and try and publish that on the forum, or take a pic of it.

You can get out of there by pressing the power button, Control+Alt+Del or F10 to try and boot that entry.

mogop · 2012-09-03 20:29:10

Yes I get to the GRUB menu and try to edit it but I didn't notice anything wrong. Recovery Mode also went to the same issue. Anyway I fixed the problem with clean install of #!10 smile

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[SOLVED]#! 10 Can't Boot. stuck in shell

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