Initramfs Error In Ubuntu 12.04

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When Ubuntu Boots Written on July 25th 2009 at 07:42. Last modified: January 21, 2011 Initramfs Prompt Boot Problems Ubuntu boots to a black screen with a (initramfs) prompt. Symptoms After selecting to boot into Ubuntu from your boot menu, the boot process halts at a black screen. You are presented with only a prompt (initramfs) You are presented with the BusyBox message You have installed Ubuntu on an NTFS partition dual booting with Microsoft Windows Explanation This can occur when you have installed Ubuntu on an NTFS Windows partition and Windows was incorrectly shutdown. http://askubuntu.com/questions/137655/boot-drops-to-a-initramfs-prompts-busybox Solutions Step 1 - Run CHKDSK and Gracefully Shutdown Windows Restart your computer into Windows Open a CMD prompt and type: chkdsk c: /f Note: You may get a message that windows needs to schedule the chkdsk the next time the computer starts. Accept this frustrating reality and reboot. After the chkdsk has successfully completed, shutdown windows gracefully using the Start > Shutdown method When rebooting choose http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/ubuntu-booting-to-initramfs-prompt/ to go into Ubuntu from your startup menu. If you still land a the balck screen then co to Step 2 below. Step 2 - Forcibly Mount The Ubuntu Volume If you are only booting to a prompt and can't get any further and following Solution 1 above did not resolve the issue then you will need to forcibly mount the NTFS volume. This can be dangerous but is the only other way out of this problem as far as I know. Feel free to comment below if you know otherwise. At the (initranfs) prompt issue the following command: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /root -o force Note The mount command may be different for you. To find out your exact command reboot, select Ubuntu and press Esc when you see the countdown. Choose to enter in recovery mode. You will be presented with the same prompt but there will be a whole lot of other lines of text. You should be able to spot your mount command in there. Share this:ShareClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on G

(initramfs) prompt? You need not to worry. You don't need to give up on it or reinstall Ubuntu to your computer anew. After extensive and painful http://whiz.dominicbett.com/2013/03/solved-error-in-initramfs-on-ubuntu.html search for a fix to this problem, which I personally faced and fixed, it would only be nice to share it with you so that you can fix yours too! If any of the following happened: After selecting to boot into Ubuntu from your boot menu, the boot process halts at a black screen. You are presented with only a prompt (initramfs). You are presented with the BusyBox initramfs error message. You have installed Ubuntu on an NTFS partition dual booting with Microsoft Windows. There are two possible reasons: Reason 1: when you have installed Ubuntu on an NTFS Windows partition and Windows was incorrectly shutdown. Reason 2: You upgraded kernel ubuntu or It seems that you have a bad superblock. In case yours is REASON 1: Step 1:– Run CHKDSK and Gracefully Shutdown Windows Restart your computer initramfs error in into Windows Open a CMD prompt and type: chkdsk c: /f Note: You may get a message that windows needs to schedule the chkdsk the next time the computer starts. Accept this frustrating reality and reboot. After the chkdsk has successfully completed, restart windows. When rebooting choose to go into Ubuntu from your startup menu. If you still land a the black screen then you can go to Step 2. Step 2: – Forcibly Mount The Ubuntu Volume At the (initranfs) prompt issue the following command: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdax /root -o force Note: at sdax, you replace 'x' with number device that you install ubuntu on your system.Exp: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /root -o force And then, reboot system by following command: reboot NOTE: you can press double-Tap to see more commands in initramfs. Done. Source: ubuntu-booting-to-initramfs-prompt Else if it is REASON 2: Firstly, boot into a live CD or USB. Find out your partition number by using: sudo fdisk -l|grep Linux|grep -Ev 'swap' Then, list all superblocks by using the command: sudo dumpe2fs /dev/sdax | grep superblock NOTE: x is number device that you find out by command on above. Now, to check and repair a Linux file system usin