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Maira
Asked: 2012-06-21 13:52:31 +0800 CST

Can not boot! initramfs error!

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I've had Ubuntu for a while and it'd been working fine till now. Every time I try to boot I get this message and I can not go any further:

BusyBox v1.17.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.17.1-10ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands

(initramfs)

My main worry are my files and pictures as I don't have a back-up.

Any advice would be very much appreciated!

boot-failure

3 Answers

  1. I have the same problem...I did some commands in the terminal after logging into the live cd

    The following step is for removing the i-node

    In the terminal I typed

    sudo debugfs -w /dev/sda1
debugfs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
debugfs: clri <8>
debugfs: quit

    After that restart the system and again boot into the live cd

    In the terminal type

    sudo fsck -yv /dev/sda1

    It will work.....definitely

    After logging into the desktop in the terminal type the following commands

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get check

    For More Details visit the tutorial page

    http://dcageek.blogspot.com/2013/02/ubuntu-initramfs-error-during-boot.html

    For More Visit details

    http://dcageek.blogspot.com

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  2. If you boot off a live cd you can retrieve your files from your hard drive.

    At the command-line try:

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a
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  3. Normally there are some lines just before the line posted on the question. If the problem is about mounting failure then this may help. I had bad superblock problem on my /dev/sda3 and I fixed it by booting another Ubuntu located in another hard drive within the same box using the fsck command described in the link. You may have to wait for a running text on the screen. Let it finishes its job and your system will get back to work without losing any bit of your data.

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