Install problems with Partition Window

[Karl F. Larsen]

L Paz 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:
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>         Starting Up....
> Loading, please wait...
> check root=bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
> or missing modules, devices! cat /proc/modules ls /dev
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> ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/586255b2-73b6-4830-89aa-630e0727fe07 does not exist, Dropping to a Shell!
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> BusyBox v 1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in Shell (ash)
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> Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands.
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> (initramfs)_
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> 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
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> the second choice is this:
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-16-generic root=UUID=586255b2-73b6-483c-89aa-630e0727fe07 ro quiet splash
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Sorry for the length of this, but I wasn't sure what information might be pertinent or not.
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    You never asked a question. You gave us a pile of disconnected words 
and asked if it is pertinent. It is not! I think you tried to upgrade a 
Ubuntu 7.10 to a 8.04 and are having trouble. This has been the norm 
when upgrading that many versions.

    Now tell us what happened AFTER you got 8.04 all installed.


Karl


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