No init start up error

Question

I'm running Ubuntu on a dual boot with Windows Vista, I've just gone to boot up as usual in to Ubuntu and I have this error

No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.

Busybox v1.15.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.15.3-1ubuntu5) built-in shell
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs)

This happens after I select Ubuntu from the Grub menu,

any help would be great. :)

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 07 '10 at 19:03

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Boot into the live CD and try repairing it with the following command:

sudo fsck /dev/sda1

The sda1 might be vary for you sometimes.If you are not sure on the name of your drive then run gparted.It should list the name of the drive.Just replace the sda1 with the name of your drive. Let me know if this helps you. :)

You can boot into a rescue console by starting your computer from a live cd and selecting "Rescue a broken system" from the menu.

edited Dec 07 '10 at 19:03

Stefano Palazzo

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answered Dec 07 '10 at 18:52

karthick87

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ok I'm running live right now and this is the output from that command "fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) fsck.ext2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/sda2 Could this be a zero-length partition?" – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:24
Can you post the output's of sudo fdisk -l – karthick87 Dec 07 '10 at 19:27
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x2964f869 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 20615 165581789+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 20615 38914 146988033 5 Extended /dev/sda5 20615 38166 140978176 83 Linux /dev/sda6 38166 38914 6008832 82 Linux swap / Solaris – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:29
Its not 1 its small L. sudo fdisk -l – karthick87 Dec 07 '10 at 19:33
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16000221184 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1945 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000df657 – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:33
yeh sorry just saw :P , that is the output in 2 parts as it was too long – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:34
although just reading the 16 gb last part must be the USB key im running live from – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:35
Paste your whole output in paste.ubuntu.com and give us the link – karthick87 Dec 07 '10 at 19:36
ah I forgot about that! http://paste.ubuntu.com/540749/ – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:37
In your case run the following sudo fsck /dev/sda5 – karthick87 Dec 07 '10 at 19:39
ah just saw my drive name was sda5 from the post before so I ran that and it gave me fix options – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:40
so now i have this http://paste.ubuntu.com/540750/ – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:41
Probably you have fixed all the errors.Reboot your system and see if you get rid of that error. – karthick87 Dec 07 '10 at 19:44
that fixed it! :) thanks for your time guys great stuff – Zabadda Dec 07 '10 at 19:45
fsck doesn't work. my partition is clean – Jan 13 '11 at 17:33
@jimmy-phucker What's your problem..Write a new question describing your problem.. – karthick87 Jan 13 '11 at 17:42

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