Newbie need help with Ubuntu crash

[Guy Terreault]

gilles.prescott at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I wanted to upgrade to Ubuntu7.04 from i386, 6.06 version. I 
> understood that I had to install all updates of a release to upgrade. 
> I started my Ubuntu and went to the 'update' section. It told me I had 
> 695 updates to do I guess to upgrade to 6.10. Well, I clicked and went 
> ahead with the 6.10 updates. After all updates were completed I 
> restated my system. Unfortunately the 'Ubuntu ' screen comes up with 
> the logo and the loading bar. It barely start loading but stays there 
> for a few minutes and then the screen goes blank and Ubuntu will not 
> reload.On the blank screen if I press enter I get the following message,
> Busy Box V1.1.3.....
> /bin/sh
> Can't access TTY
> Job control turned off
> (initramfs)
>
> I tried reloading in the 'safe mode' option but it will not load either.
> I guess I goofed something when updating all these files. Can i rescue 
> anything or should I just forget it and re-install 7.04 from the ISO 
> disk (I do not have any crucial data)???
>
> Thanks for all who reply,
>
> Gilles Prescott
>
Hi
I think you should do exactly that...
and i suggest that if you can reformat your hard disk, then install from 
the ISO file

You see A week ago I got Ubuntu 6.10 I had a 80 Go Hard disk with two 
partitions of about
40 Go each. On these I had Windows Xp system on drive c: and my personal 
files on D:

What I wanted to do is after backing up all the important file to DVD. I 
used my window utilities to Keep my drive C: as ntfs drive and i changed 
the second to a Linux format
thinking that once I used the ubuntu cd it would take de second drive to 
install it self

Finally I got the two systems to work...

Then came the New Ubunto-7.04 offer like you i did try to upgrade the 
suggested way
I had more than 1600 file to replace or add..

the download started until it was interrupted with an funny message that 
my internet provider was to slow and that de upgrade was stopped. I was 
mad like hell because after downloading about half of my internet 
provider allocated 1 Go OF DOWNLOAD LIMIT, before charging me extra...

So I had to DOWNLOAD an other  700Mo for the CD Ubuntu-7.04 I tried to 
install over the old Ubuntu hoping that it would at lease save and 
upgrade all the applications that I had downloaded for the last week. 
Instead I got an unexpected surprise...

Now I have got a one system Ubuntu 7.04 whit a 74 Go hard drive. And I 
lost all the rest

Since all my work and files on my CD are for a Windows system like 
Microsoft Access or excel etc....

I will have to start all over again.

Repartition my hard drive, Install Windows XP, and all the programmes I 
need tu use my ATI ALL-IN-WONDER tv card, that does not work with Linux 
they do not have the drivers

and then Install over it the Ubuntu and let it take what it wants to 
create his partitions.

But I will have to wait next month because i need an other 1 Go.
After paying my 2 fat cable bill

Good luck 

If only somebody wrote a good step by step procedure for these things to 
prevent all these errors.


Bye - Guy