<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 April 2014 22:12, brough colin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.brough@blueyonder.co.uk" target="_blank">colin.brough@blueyonder.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Tried asking about this on <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org" target="_blank">ubuntuforums.org</a>, but so far no responses - so trying more locally....<br>
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Trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 as the sole OS on a Dell Inspiron 570
desktop. ISO ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso burned to USB stick using
unetbootin.<br>
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Ubuntu runs from the stick OK, and the install process appears to go OK,
but when I try to boot the new installation I get the following error:<br>
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Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init=
option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.<br>
CPU: 2 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 not tainted 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu<br>
Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 570 /04GJJT, BIOS A00 10/19/2009<br>
00000000 00000000 f74a3f78 c164b873 efcc332e f74a3f98 c16469ac c1826f5c<br>
c1aa5c80 c1815698 efcc332e 00000000 c193ce80 f74a3fac c1641cec c1815b80<br>
c1815688 fffffff8 f74a2000 c1659ab7 c1641bf0 00000000 00000000 00000000<br>
Call Trace:<br>
[<c164b873>] dump_stack+0x41/0x52<br>
[<c16469ac>] panic+0x97/0x181<br>
[<c1641cec>] kernel_init+0xfc/0x100<br>
[<c1659ab7>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x1b/0x28<br>
[<c1641nf0>] ? rest_init+0x70/0x70<br>
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<br><br></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div>One of the main problems in using unetbootin is when the USB is not formatted to get rid of old files previously used. This can interfere with installation in that not all files are transferred from the iso image to the hard disk.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You can use the live USB to boot up to repair/install missing parts of the system using the chroot method. I did a post on this in July 2010 when I was having problems with GAG bootloader and GRUB2 on a Ubuntu derivative.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/dundee/2010-July/007896.html">http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/dundee/2010-July/007896.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a terminal of the live system:</div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">$ sudo mount /dev/sdX /mnt/boot (where sdX is your partition e.g.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">/dev/sda)</span></div><div>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">$ sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">$ sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">$ sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys</span></div>
<div><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We will do a chroot now:
$ sudo chroot /mnt</pre></div><div>Update the system:</div><div><br></div><div>$ sudo aptitude update</div><div>$ sudo aptitude upgrade</div><div><br></div><div>For good measure, update the intramfs which I think is corrupted or missing:</div>
<div><br></div><div>$ sudo update-intramfs</div><div><br></div><div><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To exit chroot press CTRL-D
Unmount the virtual filesystems:
$ sudo umount /mnt/boot
$ sudo umount /mnt/dev
$ sudo umount /mnt/proc
$ sudo umount /mnt/sys
Reboot:
$ sudo reboot (or exit terminal and reboot from GUI)</pre></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Gordon</div><a href="http://www.zubenel.org.uk" target="_blank">www.zubenel.org.uk</a></div>
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