attempt to read outside disc hd0 you need to lead kernel first

[Wade Smart]

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On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:35 AM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick
<garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last two times I booted I've gotten
>
> BusyBox v1.21.1(Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1) built in shell(ash)
>
> (initramfs)_
>
>
> It says to run a manual fsck which I did with fsck /dev/sda1, the petition
> in question
>
> Worked the first time, now I get
>
> "attempt to read outside disc hd0 you need to lead kernel first"
>
> Hard drive or memory failure? Smart drive says disk is ok. I can run ubutu
> from a usb just fine. Is it worth doing a mem test? Or just try to reinstall
> ubuntu- that would reformat the hd, no?
>
> thanks
>
> g

I have had this on five computers in the last two weeks after an update.
Drives were all fine but whatever caused it, it was easier for me to just
reinstall the OS as my files were already backed up.