[ubuntu-uk] two versions of ubuntu. Can I fix one with the other?

[Farran Lee]

hi Tony
thanks for the advice. what would I look for to have gone wrong, and how
could I fix them?
cheers
Farran

On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 15:21 +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
> Farran Lee wrote:
> > hi everyone
> > this is something I put on the ubuntu forums: 
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=460168   Just thought I could 
> > post it here aswell...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > hi people
> > I recently upgraded from 6.10 to 7.06. Upgrade seemed to run smoothly. 
> > However, when I rebooted, I had the Busybox error - one that most of you 
> > have probably come across at some point, as I discovered while scanning 
> > the forums. The error was something like: Code:
> > 
> > can't access tty: job control turned off.
> [...]
> 
> Hello, Farran.
> 
> You sometimes end up running Busybox when the module libraries for e.g. 
> ext3 are not accessible to the kernel you've just booted. This means 
> that no ext3 filesystems can be mounted by the kernel you're running!
> 
> One thing I've discovered the hard way is that the Ubuntu installer does 
> not always get it right unless you install to the first hard drive...
> 
> I recomment booting the 'live' CD to find out what has gone wrong, 
> because it's a lot easier to use than last-ditch attempts to bring your 
> system back using busybox (good though Busybox as a last resort!).
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> 	Tony.
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