vheilman
July 10th, 2010, 03:04 PM
I can't boot up my laptop.
It stops at "initramfs".
Here's the background.
The other day everything was running fine. I hadn't updated in about 2 months or so, so I ran update service and it did all it's work and asked if I wanted to reboot. I said "No", and would reboot later.
Before I got a chance to reboot, it was unplugged for a while and the battery dies and shutdown the system. Now, I have errors. I've tried to do some research, but not sure where to go from here.
So, I can boot from a LiveCD and I'm running off the CD drive.
I tried to open the harddrive and get this:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++
Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++
Here's some of my info below if it helps.
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b297d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6992 56163208+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 6993 7296 2441849+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 6993 7296 2441848+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -a
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/fstab
aufs / aufs rw 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
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I read somewhere that it might be in my device.map that my harddrive is
listed as raid, and not sata, but I don't know if that applies, or how to check.
What is the next step?
It stops at "initramfs".
Here's the background.
The other day everything was running fine. I hadn't updated in about 2 months or so, so I ran update service and it did all it's work and asked if I wanted to reboot. I said "No", and would reboot later.
Before I got a chance to reboot, it was unplugged for a while and the battery dies and shutdown the system. Now, I have errors. I've tried to do some research, but not sure where to go from here.
So, I can boot from a LiveCD and I'm running off the CD drive.
I tried to open the harddrive and get this:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++
Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++
Here's some of my info below if it helps.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b297d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6992 56163208+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 6993 7296 2441849+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 6993 7296 2441848+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -a
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/fstab
aufs / aufs rw 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I read somewhere that it might be in my device.map that my harddrive is
listed as raid, and not sata, but I don't know if that applies, or how to check.
What is the next step?