furrycelt
April 29th, 2012, 03:32 AM
12.04 Ubuntu upgrade, now i have bootup errors
i've given myself a couple of days of searching and browsing this forum (and others) for an answer. i haven't quite found my situation nor deduced a solution.
my setup is not complicated. garden variety 32bit desktop machine. no dual boot. Ubuntu is the native OS. the upgrade to 12.04 happened without error. previous upgrades where great.
here's where i answer the questions of this post:
"I upgraded, and now I have this error..." http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1946145
1: yes, i guess this machine likes 12.04, but then i am having problems [insert snarky grin here]
2: yes, this machine has worked fine thru a few versions of Ubuntu (it's a 32bit HP Pavilion a1440n). i completely wiped the disks before installing Ubuntu. this is not a duel-boot machine.
3: no hardward problems. once i get past my boot problems the machine is quite useable, even under some heavy lifting.
4: i'm asking the forum now
5: i've backed up the important stuff.
6: plenty of room for the upgrade. i didn't have any upgrade errors.
7: this wasn't an installation just an upgrade when i got the pop-up saying that 12.04 was available.
8: i've not mucked around with anything like copying previous files or anything.
PROBLEM:
after i power on, i get the purple screen for longer than normal, then i get the following message:
"Serious errors were found while checking the disk drive for /"
i've learned it is best to chose "i" for "ignore" (otherwise things get messy)
then that immediately takes me to the error message:
"An error occurred while mounting /media/BigHDD"
i've learned to select "s" for "skip"
then that immediately takes me to the error message:
"An error occurred while mounting /media/ForWindows"
i've learned to select "s" for "skip"
then the system loads as normal, and i am able to use my machine like normal (with a couple of hiccups explained below).
ADDITIONAL INFO:
here's my disk plan in plain english:
two disks... my primary disk (80gb) was set up by Ubuntu originally (ext4, with a part for swap)
the second disk (750gb) is one for massive storage. 80% is formatted in ext4, the rest in NTFS. (side note: i need a small corner for NTFS cause that's where my iTunes library is. i run iTunes (and nothing else) in a VirtualBox running WindowsXP. that ntfs spot allows both my virtual WindowsXP and my Ubuntu installation to access my music files. my virtual windows is rarely powered on, only to muck with stuff in iTunes.)
prior to my upgrade to 12.04, both these parts "ForWindows" (ntfs) and "BigHDD" (ext4) would mount automatically, and i could see them in the dash.
now after i get passed my errors and log in, neither are mounted. my shortcut to BigHDD is still there, and it will mount manually and i have full access to it without error. my "ForWindows" (ntfs) part shows in the Disk Utility in the graph. it's mount point is "not mounted". but when i click "Mount Volume" i get the error:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /
mount failed
as best as i know, i have applied all available updates according to the Update Manager after my jump to 12.04. none of these updates has helped me.
ATTEMPT TOWARDS A SOLUTION:
so i tried Boot-Repair. first i did just the report with no changes to anything:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/953917/
then i tried the recommended fixes:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/953951/
but when i went to reboot... the machine would never reboot, never shutdown. it would just hang on that purple screen with "ubuntu" in the center. after waiting a while, i had to power off the box. and when it came back up, it went into the safe mode boot menu thingie. i chose for the OS to load as normal. and my exact same issues remained. i had to "ignore", "skip", and "skip"
thought i would try Boot-Repair one more time (cause that's what lusers like me do):
http://paste.ubuntu.com/953964/
same as before. machine won't power off, same boot up issues.
i will be very grateful for any help. thanks.
-ian
i've given myself a couple of days of searching and browsing this forum (and others) for an answer. i haven't quite found my situation nor deduced a solution.
my setup is not complicated. garden variety 32bit desktop machine. no dual boot. Ubuntu is the native OS. the upgrade to 12.04 happened without error. previous upgrades where great.
here's where i answer the questions of this post:
"I upgraded, and now I have this error..." http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1946145
1: yes, i guess this machine likes 12.04, but then i am having problems [insert snarky grin here]
2: yes, this machine has worked fine thru a few versions of Ubuntu (it's a 32bit HP Pavilion a1440n). i completely wiped the disks before installing Ubuntu. this is not a duel-boot machine.
3: no hardward problems. once i get past my boot problems the machine is quite useable, even under some heavy lifting.
4: i'm asking the forum now
5: i've backed up the important stuff.
6: plenty of room for the upgrade. i didn't have any upgrade errors.
7: this wasn't an installation just an upgrade when i got the pop-up saying that 12.04 was available.
8: i've not mucked around with anything like copying previous files or anything.
PROBLEM:
after i power on, i get the purple screen for longer than normal, then i get the following message:
"Serious errors were found while checking the disk drive for /"
i've learned it is best to chose "i" for "ignore" (otherwise things get messy)
then that immediately takes me to the error message:
"An error occurred while mounting /media/BigHDD"
i've learned to select "s" for "skip"
then that immediately takes me to the error message:
"An error occurred while mounting /media/ForWindows"
i've learned to select "s" for "skip"
then the system loads as normal, and i am able to use my machine like normal (with a couple of hiccups explained below).
ADDITIONAL INFO:
here's my disk plan in plain english:
two disks... my primary disk (80gb) was set up by Ubuntu originally (ext4, with a part for swap)
the second disk (750gb) is one for massive storage. 80% is formatted in ext4, the rest in NTFS. (side note: i need a small corner for NTFS cause that's where my iTunes library is. i run iTunes (and nothing else) in a VirtualBox running WindowsXP. that ntfs spot allows both my virtual WindowsXP and my Ubuntu installation to access my music files. my virtual windows is rarely powered on, only to muck with stuff in iTunes.)
prior to my upgrade to 12.04, both these parts "ForWindows" (ntfs) and "BigHDD" (ext4) would mount automatically, and i could see them in the dash.
now after i get passed my errors and log in, neither are mounted. my shortcut to BigHDD is still there, and it will mount manually and i have full access to it without error. my "ForWindows" (ntfs) part shows in the Disk Utility in the graph. it's mount point is "not mounted". but when i click "Mount Volume" i get the error:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /
mount failed
as best as i know, i have applied all available updates according to the Update Manager after my jump to 12.04. none of these updates has helped me.
ATTEMPT TOWARDS A SOLUTION:
so i tried Boot-Repair. first i did just the report with no changes to anything:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/953917/
then i tried the recommended fixes:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/953951/
but when i went to reboot... the machine would never reboot, never shutdown. it would just hang on that purple screen with "ubuntu" in the center. after waiting a while, i had to power off the box. and when it came back up, it went into the safe mode boot menu thingie. i chose for the OS to load as normal. and my exact same issues remained. i had to "ignore", "skip", and "skip"
thought i would try Boot-Repair one more time (cause that's what lusers like me do):
http://paste.ubuntu.com/953964/
same as before. machine won't power off, same boot up issues.
i will be very grateful for any help. thanks.
-ian