New Ubuntu installs not loading

[Dotan Cohen]

On 24/02/2008, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On an Intel DuoCore 2.8 gHz machine with 1GB RAM and two SATA hard
>  drives, we install Ubuntu 7.10 and the first time we start the system
>  it boots fine. After that, upon boot we get the Ubuntu graphic and a
>  sliver of the loading bar. The machine stays like this for 3 minutes
>  then goes to a screen that looks like this:
>
>  BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) Built-in shell (ash)
>  Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
>
>  (initramfs)
>
>  What must we do to have a working Ubuntu? Thanks in advance.

New info: we can start the machine by booting into the recovery mode
from grub and then moving to runlevel 5 by typing "init 5". But what
must we do to have it start in runlevel 5 from the standard boot?

Dotan Cohen

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