Ubuntu Cannot Boot!

[hakkuo23]

I get this upon boot:
Target systen doesn't have requested /sbin/init
no init found. try passing init= bootarg

And I have BusyBox console which doesn't help.

HELP ME DOCTOR!

[Edge100x]

Google is great for looking up random error messages and I always recommend looking there first: https://www.google.com/search?q=Target+ ... bin%2Finit

It sounds as if your main partition is corrupted or that something deleted critical system files. As is stated in those posts, have you tried booting with a boot CD? Even if you can't boot from the main drive, you may be able to access your partition from there and rescue your files, copying them to another host.

[hakkuo23]

Yes, but I cannot load ubuntu to try. I did the gparted disk and repaired all discs but it did not work I have googled this problem. I cannot boot into ubuntu though since it's server edition and there is no TRY on the discs.

[Edge100x]

The gparted disc or Gentoo disc should work for troubleshooting purposes. What happened when you tried to mount your drive?

[hakkuo23]

Nothing :S It mounted in gparted but honestly I have no idea :S

[Edge100x]

Boot with the Gentoo disk and use a command like:

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/gentoo

Let me know what it tells you when you do this.

[hakkuo23]

GFS2: path_lookup on /dev/sda2 returned error
GFS2: gfs2 mount does not exist
mount: special device /dev/sda2 does not exist

[hakkuo23]

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo works without error.
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo returns mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext4' and that was the main partition the OS was installed under in GParted.

[Edge100x]

It sounds like the Gentoo boot disk doesn't support ext4 -- I'll need to push out a new one, since that means it's pretty old.

For now, try that command after booting gparted, from a command prompt.

[hakkuo23]

Which command in GParted? Gentoo doesn't exist there :S

[hakkuo23]

ok it mounted the drive and I see my files. What do I do now?

[Edge100x]

You should now be able to rescue your files to another host. If you have another Linux VDS, for instance, you could use "scp" or "rsync" to copy files or folders to it. Or, you could start up /etc/init.d/sshd, set a root password with "passwd" and connect with a SFTP client to download the files directly to your client machine.

[hakkuo23]

It says those commands dont exist :/

[Edge100x]

That's a head-scratcher, as I've never seen a Linux disc without "scp".

I've loaded on a new Gentoo install disc that you can try. It has "2012" in the name. This one will support ext4 and include at least "scp".

[hakkuo23]

I loaded up that distro but the hda1 and hda2 and sdaX don't exist D:
MEDIC!