Re: [LUG] Just upgraded to ubuntu 12.04 from 10.04

[Martin Gautier <martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/04/14 07:30, stinga+dcglug wrote:
> On 01/04/2014 05:03 pm, bad apple wrote:
> > On 01/04/14 12:21, stinga+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > and now getting
> > >
> > > run-init: /sbin/init: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > Got any ideas?
> > > Partition is OK, as in fsck
> > > Tried passing root=/dev/sdb1 with the same result.
> > > It does actually exist, checked with a live disk
> >
> > Known issue with bad behaviour of Ubuntu live CDs accessing root
> > partitions of hard drives and flagging them dirty.
> >
> > Boot any non-Ubuntu live disk and fsck the root partition.
> Nope, not that, as noted above I have already done that.
> This is a 64 bit install not a 32 (might make a difference).
Does this help?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2163328

It's been a while since I did my upgrade (back in 2012) but I do 
remember having similar problems with it not booting after the install. 
I don't remember the actual cause either but I do remember that I used a 
Grub repair disk to reinstall Grub and that fixed it.

Martin

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