Kernel panic after upgrading from 14.04 to 15.10

[Javier Garcia]

Thanks Peter, anyway my intentions was not to update from 14.04 to 15.10,
but just to 14.10. The problem was the update-manager didn't give me that
option.. I just "told" me the system will be upgrade to 15.10.

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Petter Adsen <petter at synth.no> wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 10:29:11 +0100
> Javier Garcia <tirengarfio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > after upgrading from 14.04 to 15.10 Im getting a kernel panic, it
> > says:
> >
> > Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init. /bin/sh: 0:
> > Can't open splash Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> > exitcode=0x00007f00 CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: sh not tainted
> > 3.13.0-71-generic #114-Ubuntu Hardware name: EVGA International co.
> > LTD E692 0.0/151-IB-E692, BIOS 4.6.5 02/05/2014.
> >
> > I have tried all the kernel options that are shown in "Advanced
> > options for Ubuntu" (GRUB), but for all of them the error message is
> > the same.
> >
> > I just have 4 options at GRUB: Ubuntu, Advanced options, Memory test,
> > Memory test.
> >
> > What should I do?
>
> Restore from backup. You aren't supposed to upgrade directly from 14.04
> to 15.10, the only supported upgrade paths on an LTS is to go via each
> release that followed (14.04 -> 14.10 -> 15.04 -> 15.10) or directly to
> the next LTS. If you want to go from 14.04 to 15.10 your only option
> now is to do a fresh install, as 14.10 is EOL and no longer in the
> repos.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
>
> In other words, either you restore 14.04 from backup or you do a fresh
> install. Trying to fix what you have now is probably more trouble than
> it is worth.
>
> Petter
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