Install problems with Partition Window

[L Paz]

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--- On Mon, 12/15/08, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Install problems with Partition Window
To: lpaz1 at yahoo.com, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 7:56 PM

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:
>
>         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.
>
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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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Ok, I am having two separate problems. The first problem is that my system will not boot
properly after I tried the upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04. When it boots, it gets the message at the
top of my post about the BusyBox shell, and I get an initramfs prompt.

So, to try to fix this, I thought I would install 8.04 from the CD, as the upgrade obviously did not work
for me. Now this is when I ahve the 2nd problem. When I attempt to install from the CD, I get
to step 4 out of 7---the Partition Window, but it is blank.

So, I need to either fix problem #1, that happened after the upgrade, wherein I get the BusyBox shell prompt, or I 
need to fix problem # 2, which would be the hard drive or no partitions showing up in the partition Manager
Window on Step 4 of 7 when I try to do the Install from the CD.

so to answer your question, as near as I can tell, I don't have 8.04 installed or 
running successfully




      
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