2015/09/04 11:11 "Peter" <<a href="mailto:petergoggin@bigpond.com">petergoggin@bigpond.com</a>>: > > I have searched the internet and while other people have had the same problem, I do not see how I can apply their solutions to my machine. (probably because I do not know enough about Ubuntu. My version is 14.04 > > If I reinstall Ubuntu using the same passwords as in the original installation > will my existing home directory and its contents be overwritten? No. Don't do that. If you have to ask, you will lose your data if you try that. > I need to get the system going and retain the data. > The last good backup is May 19th. > The latter backups were on an external disk which has failed Are you sure the disk failed? Encrypted file systems can be finnicky. > Regards > > Peter Goggin > > On 03/09/15 22:42, Peter wrote: >> >> I have ubuntu installed on an Lenovo x61s laptop. Yesterday the systembooted and worked without any proble. Today it boots as far as asking for the encryption password. It then comesup with >> BusyBox v1.21.1 {Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1)built - in shelol (as) >> enter help for list of built in commands >> (initramfs) >> >> >> What does this mean and how can I get the system to complete booting? >> >> Regards >> >> Peter Goggin >> > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list ><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> Joel Rees Computer memory is just fancy paper, CPUs just fancy pens. All is a stream of text flowing from the past into the future.