Can Ubunto 18 be reinstalled from withing initramfs?
Something went wrong! 2 days ago I booted my tablet PC and it went straight to initramfs.
After 2 frustrating days, I've given up on trying to fix whatever error caused this (initramfs does not display an error message - that would be too easy). So I'm wondering if there is a way to either reformat the HHD deleting everything or if Ubuntu 18 can simply be installed from within initramfs?
boot initramfs
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Something went wrong! 2 days ago I booted my tablet PC and it went straight to initramfs.
After 2 frustrating days, I've given up on trying to fix whatever error caused this (initramfs does not display an error message - that would be too easy). So I'm wondering if there is a way to either reformat the HHD deleting everything or if Ubuntu 18 can simply be installed from within initramfs?
boot initramfs
edited Jan 2 at 9:59
SurvivalMachine
1,2733717
asked Jan 2 at 5:23
Sea Vipe
11
One easy way: Boot your original install USB, follow the prompts.
– user535733
Jan 2 at 5:57
About 90% of the drop-to-initramfs-busybox-prompt questions we see hare are one of the following three issues: 1) System filesystem is broken (run fsck), 2) System partition is mislabeled in GRUB (use blkid and compare with GRUB), or 3) Disk is dying (boot from USB and run a SMART test),
– user535733
Jan 2 at 6:25
@user535733 The unit will only boot to the Ubuntu boot menu or the corrupted Windows boot menu. Absolutely nothing that I try will get it to boot to anything else. Window partition does not even exist. Extremely frustrating. All bootable devices must use the one and only USB port. I've spent many, many hours configuring the AMI setup but it cannot be flashed to a newer version and the existing version is fixed at BOM: Windows 8 <- can't be changed. Thanks.
– Sea Vipe
2 days ago
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Something went wrong! 2 days ago I booted my tablet PC and it went straight to initramfs.
After 2 frustrating days, I've given up on trying to fix whatever error caused this (initramfs does not display an error message - that would be too easy). So I'm wondering if there is a way to either reformat the HHD deleting everything or if Ubuntu 18 can simply be installed from within initramfs?
boot initramfs
edited Jan 2 at 9:59
SurvivalMachine
1,2733717
asked Jan 2 at 5:23
Sea Vipe
11
Something went wrong! 2 days ago I booted my tablet PC and it went straight to initramfs.
After 2 frustrating days, I've given up on trying to fix whatever error caused this (initramfs does not display an error message - that would be too easy). So I'm wondering if there is a way to either reformat the HHD deleting everything or if Ubuntu 18 can simply be installed from within initramfs?
boot initramfs
boot initramfs
edited Jan 2 at 9:59
SurvivalMachine
1,2733717
asked Jan 2 at 5:23
Sea Vipe
11
edited Jan 2 at 9:59
SurvivalMachine
1,2733717
asked Jan 2 at 5:23
Sea Vipe
11
edited Jan 2 at 9:59
SurvivalMachine
1,2733717
edited Jan 2 at 9:59
SurvivalMachine
1,2733717
edited Jan 2 at 9:59
SurvivalMachine
1,2733717
1,2733717
asked Jan 2 at 5:23
Sea Vipe
11
asked Jan 2 at 5:23
Sea Vipe
11
asked Jan 2 at 5:23
Sea Vipe
11
11
One easy way: Boot your original install USB, follow the prompts.
– user535733
Jan 2 at 5:57
About 90% of the drop-to-initramfs-busybox-prompt questions we see hare are one of the following three issues: 1) System filesystem is broken (run fsck), 2) System partition is mislabeled in GRUB (use blkid and compare with GRUB), or 3) Disk is dying (boot from USB and run a SMART test),
– user535733
Jan 2 at 6:25
@user535733 The unit will only boot to the Ubuntu boot menu or the corrupted Windows boot menu. Absolutely nothing that I try will get it to boot to anything else. Window partition does not even exist. Extremely frustrating. All bootable devices must use the one and only USB port. I've spent many, many hours configuring the AMI setup but it cannot be flashed to a newer version and the existing version is fixed at BOM: Windows 8 <- can't be changed. Thanks.
– Sea Vipe
2 days ago
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One easy way: Boot your original install USB, follow the prompts.
– user535733
Jan 2 at 5:57
About 90% of the drop-to-initramfs-busybox-prompt questions we see hare are one of the following three issues: 1) System filesystem is broken (run fsck), 2) System partition is mislabeled in GRUB (use blkid and compare with GRUB), or 3) Disk is dying (boot from USB and run a SMART test),
– user535733
Jan 2 at 6:25
@user535733 The unit will only boot to the Ubuntu boot menu or the corrupted Windows boot menu. Absolutely nothing that I try will get it to boot to anything else. Window partition does not even exist. Extremely frustrating. All bootable devices must use the one and only USB port. I've spent many, many hours configuring the AMI setup but it cannot be flashed to a newer version and the existing version is fixed at BOM: Windows 8 <- can't be changed. Thanks.
– Sea Vipe
2 days ago
One easy way: Boot your original install USB, follow the prompts.
– user535733
Jan 2 at 5:57
One easy way: Boot your original install USB, follow the prompts.
– user535733
Jan 2 at 5:57
About 90% of the drop-to-initramfs-busybox-prompt questions we see hare are one of the following three issues: 1) System filesystem is broken (run fsck), 2) System partition is mislabeled in GRUB (use blkid and compare with GRUB), or 3) Disk is dying (boot from USB and run a SMART test),
– user535733
Jan 2 at 6:25
About 90% of the drop-to-initramfs-busybox-prompt questions we see hare are one of the following three issues: 1) System filesystem is broken (run fsck), 2) System partition is mislabeled in GRUB (use blkid and compare with GRUB), or 3) Disk is dying (boot from USB and run a SMART test),
– user535733
Jan 2 at 6:25
@user535733 The unit will only boot to the Ubuntu boot menu or the corrupted Windows boot menu. Absolutely nothing that I try will get it to boot to anything else. Window partition does not even exist. Extremely frustrating. All bootable devices must use the one and only USB port. I've spent many, many hours configuring the AMI setup but it cannot be flashed to a newer version and the existing version is fixed at BOM: Windows 8 <- can't be changed. Thanks.
– Sea Vipe
2 days ago
@user535733 The unit will only boot to the Ubuntu boot menu or the corrupted Windows boot menu. Absolutely nothing that I try will get it to boot to anything else. Window partition does not even exist. Extremely frustrating. All bootable devices must use the one and only USB port. I've spent many, many hours configuring the AMI setup but it cannot be flashed to a newer version and the existing version is fixed at BOM: Windows 8 <- can't be changed. Thanks.
– Sea Vipe
2 days ago
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One easy way: Boot your original install USB, follow the prompts.
– user535733
Jan 2 at 5:57
About 90% of the drop-to-initramfs-busybox-prompt questions we see hare are one of the following three issues: 1) System filesystem is broken (run fsck), 2) System partition is mislabeled in GRUB (use blkid and compare with GRUB), or 3) Disk is dying (boot from USB and run a SMART test),
– user535733
Jan 2 at 6:25
@user535733 The unit will only boot to the Ubuntu boot menu or the corrupted Windows boot menu. Absolutely nothing that I try will get it to boot to anything else. Window partition does not even exist. Extremely frustrating. All bootable devices must use the one and only USB port. I've spent many, many hours configuring the AMI setup but it cannot be flashed to a newer version and the existing version is fixed at BOM: Windows 8 <- can't be changed. Thanks.
– Sea Vipe
2 days ago