I replaced my windows XP (sp3) OS with Linux Mint 17 32-bit (Cinnamon). I didn't knew about file_systems so I chose not to format entire disk as ext4 & let it be NTFS.
Few days back I was unable to eject my flash drive because some complicated
exit code 13 issue (see
this &
this for more information. And oh, I
didn't try any one of them, I found them later).
The issue seemed trivial & so I issued shutdown command
but shutdown procedure halted at a certain point... tired, I physically disconnected (pulled out) my flash drive & the system powered off as usual.
My computer isn't starting normally since then. GRUB screen appears & when I chose to boot normally it gets struck at "Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init" error, as in:
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mount: mounting /dev/mapper/mint--vg--root on [B][B] failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init
No init found. Try passing init= boot arg
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.2.2ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs) _
I read quite a few articles
& followed them - no improvements
. Anyway I collected some useful outputs:
df -T gives:
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Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/cow overlayfs 997664 67264 930400 7% /
udev devtmpfs 987848 4 987844 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 199536 900 198636 1% /run
/dev/sdb1 vfat 3901440 797656 3103784 21% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 squashfs 738944 738944 0 100% /rofs
tmpfs tmpfs 997664 8 997656 1% /tmp
none tmpfs 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none tmpfs 997664 80 997584 1% /run/shm
mount gives:
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/cow on / type overlayfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
/dev/sdb1 on /cdrom type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)
sudo fdisk -l gives:
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Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000dc195
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 312580095 156039169 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 312580095 156039168 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/sdb: 4004 MB, 4004511744 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 486 cylinders, total 7821312 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x058ac2ce
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 7821311 3909632 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda gives:
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Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000dc195
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 312580095 156039169 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 312580095 156039168 8e Linux LVM
sudo blkid -c /dev/null gives:
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/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="4ccfc156-3316-44f2-9bd0-d68baca2692e" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda5: UUID="Vi4FaD-tQ6V-qUzA-1UeP-bXQg-Gzcq-o3RXL7" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="UBUNTU 12_0" UUID="4A81-956C" TYPE="vfat"
sudo fsck -yv /dev/sda1 gives:
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Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000dc195
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 312580095 156039169 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 312580095 156039168 8e Linux LVM
Typing `sudo mount -a` after all this gives no output. Please help me start my computer normally again.
