[Ubuntu Chicago] Student Laptop Issue

[Patrick Green]

Hi,

This is not my machine, but a machine of one of my students that is
currently sitting on my kitchen table (the machine, not the student).
It is a Compaq Presario V3000, AMD Turion 64, nVidia graphics.

I installed Gutsy on it for her about 3 months ago and everything has been
going swimmingly.

I do not know how often she was doing upgrades or what she has added through
synaptic.

Here is what it is currently doing.

I boot, it goes to grub, then gives the splash screen for a moment, then
goes blank and comes up with the following.

 Quote:
  BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands.
(initramfs)
When it goes to grub, if I choose escape it gives me the following
options...
Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+

I have googled about for some solutions and it has been suggested I can edit
one of these lines to get into the system, but it was not made clear what to
edit...either through poor communication or my ignorance.

Please advise or ask further diagnostic questions as needed.

Cheers

PS Installed 32 bit version of Gutsy, not 64 bit.
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