I've had Ubuntu for a while and it'd been working fine till now. Every time I try to boot I get this message and I can not go any further:
BusyBox v1.17.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.17.1-10ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
(initramfs)
My main worry are my files and pictures as I don't have a back-up.
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
I have the same problem...I did some commands in the terminal after logging into the live cd
The following step is for removing the i-node
In the terminal I typed
sudo debugfs -w /dev/sda1
debugfs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
debugfs: clri <8>
debugfs: quit
After that restart the system and again boot into the live cd
In the terminal type
sudo fsck -yv /dev/sda1
It will work.....definitely
After logging into the desktop in the terminal type the following commands
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get check
For More Details visit the tutorial page
http://dcageek.blogspot.com/2013/02/ubuntu-initramfs-error-during-boot.html
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If you boot off a live cd you can retrieve your files from your hard drive.
At the command-line try:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a
Normally there are some lines just before the line posted on the question. If the problem is about mounting failure then this may help. I had bad superblock problem on my /dev/sda3 and I fixed it by booting another Ubuntu located in another hard drive within the same box using the fsck command described in the link. You may have to wait for a running text on the screen. Let it finishes its job and your system will get back to work without losing any bit of your data.
