Ubuntu 16.04 disk will not boot. I'm looking for help





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my Ubuntu 16.04 disk will not boot. I'm looking for help.

History of events:




  1. The OS froze, so I turned off the computer and rebooted (I have 2 seperate disks on computer; one for Windows 10 and one for Linux; selectable via Grub2 boot menu)

  2. Got "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200"

  3. Used USB Live Ubuntu 16.04 to backup all data from the crashed disk.

  4. Used Grub2 boot menu to select recovery mode; resulted in same Kernel panic error

  5. Used Boot-Repair via USB Live Ubuntu 16.04; selecting "Recommended Repair" causes same Kernel panic error.

  6. Used Boot-Repair "Create a Bootinfo Summary" to create a txt file for all to see; maybe it will help...but I don't see a way to attach the file to this post. It's a long file, so I won't paste it here, unless that's what's expected.


I have accessed and implemented internet search-based fixes to no avail.
Before doing a complete reinstall (as last resort), I'd really like to recover my system.










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  • I would use a live media (eg. Ubuntu install media) to perform a fsck of your partition. I would also check the SMART data & confirm it's not a failing drive. Also fyi: I wouldn't power-off unless absolutely necessary (did you try the sysreq-REISUB keys? or text terms?)

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my Ubuntu 16.04 disk will not boot. I'm looking for help.

History of events:




  1. The OS froze, so I turned off the computer and rebooted (I have 2 seperate disks on computer; one for Windows 10 and one for Linux; selectable via Grub2 boot menu)

  2. Got "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200"

  3. Used USB Live Ubuntu 16.04 to backup all data from the crashed disk.

  4. Used Grub2 boot menu to select recovery mode; resulted in same Kernel panic error

  5. Used Boot-Repair via USB Live Ubuntu 16.04; selecting "Recommended Repair" causes same Kernel panic error.

  6. Used Boot-Repair "Create a Bootinfo Summary" to create a txt file for all to see; maybe it will help...but I don't see a way to attach the file to this post. It's a long file, so I won't paste it here, unless that's what's expected.


I have accessed and implemented internet search-based fixes to no avail.
Before doing a complete reinstall (as last resort), I'd really like to recover my system.










share|improve this question























  • I would use a live media (eg. Ubuntu install media) to perform a fsck of your partition. I would also check the SMART data & confirm it's not a failing drive. Also fyi: I wouldn't power-off unless absolutely necessary (did you try the sysreq-REISUB keys? or text terms?)

    – guiverc
    Apr 6 at 0:24














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my Ubuntu 16.04 disk will not boot. I'm looking for help.

History of events:




  1. The OS froze, so I turned off the computer and rebooted (I have 2 seperate disks on computer; one for Windows 10 and one for Linux; selectable via Grub2 boot menu)

  2. Got "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200"

  3. Used USB Live Ubuntu 16.04 to backup all data from the crashed disk.

  4. Used Grub2 boot menu to select recovery mode; resulted in same Kernel panic error

  5. Used Boot-Repair via USB Live Ubuntu 16.04; selecting "Recommended Repair" causes same Kernel panic error.

  6. Used Boot-Repair "Create a Bootinfo Summary" to create a txt file for all to see; maybe it will help...but I don't see a way to attach the file to this post. It's a long file, so I won't paste it here, unless that's what's expected.


I have accessed and implemented internet search-based fixes to no avail.
Before doing a complete reinstall (as last resort), I'd really like to recover my system.










share|improve this question














my Ubuntu 16.04 disk will not boot. I'm looking for help.

History of events:




  1. The OS froze, so I turned off the computer and rebooted (I have 2 seperate disks on computer; one for Windows 10 and one for Linux; selectable via Grub2 boot menu)

  2. Got "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200"

  3. Used USB Live Ubuntu 16.04 to backup all data from the crashed disk.

  4. Used Grub2 boot menu to select recovery mode; resulted in same Kernel panic error

  5. Used Boot-Repair via USB Live Ubuntu 16.04; selecting "Recommended Repair" causes same Kernel panic error.

  6. Used Boot-Repair "Create a Bootinfo Summary" to create a txt file for all to see; maybe it will help...but I don't see a way to attach the file to this post. It's a long file, so I won't paste it here, unless that's what's expected.


I have accessed and implemented internet search-based fixes to no avail.
Before doing a complete reinstall (as last resort), I'd really like to recover my system.







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  • I would use a live media (eg. Ubuntu install media) to perform a fsck of your partition. I would also check the SMART data & confirm it's not a failing drive. Also fyi: I wouldn't power-off unless absolutely necessary (did you try the sysreq-REISUB keys? or text terms?)

    – guiverc
    Apr 6 at 0:24



















  • I would use a live media (eg. Ubuntu install media) to perform a fsck of your partition. I would also check the SMART data & confirm it's not a failing drive. Also fyi: I wouldn't power-off unless absolutely necessary (did you try the sysreq-REISUB keys? or text terms?)

    – guiverc
    Apr 6 at 0:24

















I would use a live media (eg. Ubuntu install media) to perform a fsck of your partition. I would also check the SMART data & confirm it's not a failing drive. Also fyi: I wouldn't power-off unless absolutely necessary (did you try the sysreq-REISUB keys? or text terms?)

– guiverc
Apr 6 at 0:24





I would use a live media (eg. Ubuntu install media) to perform a fsck of your partition. I would also check the SMART data & confirm it's not a failing drive. Also fyi: I wouldn't power-off unless absolutely necessary (did you try the sysreq-REISUB keys? or text terms?)

– guiverc
Apr 6 at 0:24










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Thank you for the super-fast reply @guiverc !!...I will look into your suggestions if this happens again so I don't shutdown needlessly.



Number 4 in the History of events (above) was the solution. I needed to select the recovery mode that was oldest, and then I was able to get my system back.






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    Thank you for the super-fast reply @guiverc !!...I will look into your suggestions if this happens again so I don't shutdown needlessly.



    Number 4 in the History of events (above) was the solution. I needed to select the recovery mode that was oldest, and then I was able to get my system back.






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      Thank you for the super-fast reply @guiverc !!...I will look into your suggestions if this happens again so I don't shutdown needlessly.



      Number 4 in the History of events (above) was the solution. I needed to select the recovery mode that was oldest, and then I was able to get my system back.






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        Thank you for the super-fast reply @guiverc !!...I will look into your suggestions if this happens again so I don't shutdown needlessly.



        Number 4 in the History of events (above) was the solution. I needed to select the recovery mode that was oldest, and then I was able to get my system back.






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        Thank you for the super-fast reply @guiverc !!...I will look into your suggestions if this happens again so I don't shutdown needlessly.



        Number 4 in the History of events (above) was the solution. I needed to select the recovery mode that was oldest, and then I was able to get my system back.







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