Install problems with Partition Window

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:11:13 -0800 (PST)
L Paz <lpaz1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A couple of day's ago, I tried updating my system from ubuntu 7.10 to
> ubuntu 8.04. Now when I boot I get a shell prompt that syas this:
> 
>         Starting Up....
> Loading, please wait...
> check root=bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
> or missing modules, devices! cat /proc/modules ls /dev
> 
> ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/586255b2-73b6-4830-89aa-630e0727fe07 does
> not exist, Dropping to a Shell!
> 
> BusyBox v 1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in Shell (ash)
> 
> Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands.
> 
> (initramfs)_
> 
> If I go into GRUB and pick the second choice, the system boots up ok
> and I can log in. the first choice is this:
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic
> root=UUID=586255b2-73b6-483c-89aa-630e0727fe07 ro quiet splash
> 
> the second choice is this:
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-16-generic
> root=UUID=586255b2-73b6-483c-89aa-630e0727fe07 ro quiet splash
> 
> So I thought I would try to reinstall Ubuntu 8.04 , so I downloaded
> the ubuntu 8.04 distro from www.ubuntu.com, and I pick the second
> line that says Install Ubuntu., but when I get to step 4 out of 7,
> the partition window is blank----I can't choose my hard drive or
> create any partition's as the window does not have any entry's in
> it---it's just blank. It acts as though my hard drive is not there,
> or for soem reason it does recognize it.
> 
> So, how do I either fix the boot error from the BusyBox initramfs
> prompt , or how can I format or partition my disk so thati I can
> install ubuntu?
> 
> Sorry for the length of this, but I wasn't sure what information
> might be pertinent or not.
> 
> 
> 

My experience is that the alternate cd works. The live cd for 8.04.1
works sometimes. Consider downloadin the alternate installer cd. You
can get it from:

     for 32-bit system -
http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs/8.04.1/ubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso

     for 64-bit system - 
http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs/8.04.1/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso

Both of those should be good for your location.

Good luck,

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Charlie Kravetz 
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