[Bug 325103] [NEW] Ubuntu fails to open in VM Fusion, (initramfs) appears afterwards

[Gamaliel]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

After I installed a great deal of updates (743, and made sure all of
them were authenticated and supported), I 'restarted' my virtual machine
to apply changes. While shutting down, I noticed a slight discrepancy in
the load bar; it was totally empty, and did not take any time at all to
close. When it rebooted, however, the sliding rectangle in the load bar
swayed back and forth very slowly (around 2 minutes time) without
filling it. Following 30 seconds of waiting time, a sole message
appeared in a black screen: (initramfs); afterwards, the machine does
nothing else. I haven't been able to open my VM ever since.

Posterior to reading some information on similar problems (the actual
problem did not appear in my searches), I tried editing the kernel line
from the boot menu (kernel 2.6.24-23-generic) by adding rootdelay=130
after it. Nothing happened. I cannot install yaird, as many of the
forums propose, for it says "not found" to many of the shell commands,
including apt-get and install. I rebooted in another kernel image
(kernel 2.6.24-16), but I cannot use neither the mouse nor the keyboard.
As a linux amateur, I could not find any more of a solution than the
above intents --or build another VM and lose this one, since the
automatic snapshot also has the problem. I sincerely wish for help as
soon as possible, so I can learn one step closer into understanding -and
loving- the open-source freedom even more.

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Ubuntu fails to open in VM Fusion, (initramfs) appears afterwards
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