[ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu 14.04 ---> 14.10

[Ralf Mardorf]

You didn't provide enough information about the kernel panic, neither
about the web research you already did and the "different options in
Grub" you tested.

Maybe, this is waht you should do:

Backup everything first, then try this

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2228437&page=2&p=13101910#post13101910

Instead of a chroot try to find a live media providing systemd, then
you only need to run

systemd-nspawn -D /mount_point

as superuser, instead of

for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys /run; \
do sudo mount -B $i /HDInstall$i; done

sudo chroot /HDInstall

In your /etc/apt/sources.list comment out all PPA repositories, before
you continue with "3) At this point, I am back to your (and oldfred’s)
directions:"