Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init (again)

[davidleelambert]

I recently did a dist-upgrade to Hardy, and now the computer won't boot. Grub runs, but any option drops me to the BusyBox prompt. In the "rescue-mode" options, I can see the following message, which might be significant:

mount: Mounting /dev/disk/by-uuid/fc5... on /root failed: Device or resource busy

The last message before the BusyBox prompt is

Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init

I've found old postings for a similar error that suggest changing the root=UUID=... lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst to root=/dev/sd... ; but that doesn't help.

Any idea what the problem is?

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[davidleelambert]

From BusyBox, the following command works:

mount /dev/mapper/sda1 /root

However, I'm not sure what to do after that, or how to make the fix permanent so the system can reboot. Any advice?