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Thread: Ubuntu 10.04 suddenly went into busybox mode, saying it can't mount some drives


[first let me apologize: in pretty bad mood when started happening didn't take down notes of happening. clear mistake. here's hoping guru out there can fill in of blanks.]

i'm on gateway laptop that's around 3-4 years old, give or take, overheats. sure panicked when first overheated , auto shutdown on me there doesn't seem damage when happens, passed off should avoided not dangerous (at least, not very).

bit more history:
first ubuntu installation 9.10, 1.5 years ago (march/april 2010). didn't have life-threatening issues while using it. upgraded current version, 10.04 around year ago (oct. 2010) , in 10.04 had overheating issues. i'm not blaming lynx overheats---the first overheat cases largely due programming errors on part---but lately, laptop overheats while doing mundane tasks (randomly, not time), i'll relate next.

morning watching youtube videos when laptop overheated , auto shut down. so, took break computer, ate lunch, , returned afterwards start working again.

then, when booted found myself greeted busybox terminal, saying drives can't booted. root/x though listed 2 others, 1 root, 1 not (here's when didn't take note, sorry). then, here's list of did:

(1) tried running "mount root/x", root/x being 1 of drives indicated. fail. typed "exit", printed more cryptic errors me trying "kill init" or something. shut down manually switch.

(2) tried booting vista partition (note: grub loads fine). works fine. restart ubuntu again. busybox greets me once more type exit , shut down before.

(3) booted 11.04 live cd. works fine. navigated ubuntu partition check files...all fine.

(4) tried connecting internet report whats happening (here forums, yes). click on network icon @ taskbar, click name of our home network , suddenly, logged out. i'm thinking if mouse mistake on me i'm unsure...

(5) so, 11.04 asking me username , password don't have it. defeated, shut down.

(6) run 10.04 again, , time, busybox doesn't appear. starts disk check though, noting me of errors. fix , says "/tmp not ready". chose continue anyway.

(7) system restarts, no busybox ubuntu disk check again. runs fine time , log-in (my current session type this).

(8 ) check around stuff...everything seems fine. check on disks , reports nothing noteworthy (save 1 bad sector it's been there since summer , have reasons believe vista's fault).

more stuff:
/tmp# ls -all
code:
total 80  drwxrwxrwt 17 root root 12288 2011-11-25 16:02 .  drwxr-xr-x 21 root root  4096 2011-11-12 23:57 ..  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:33 .com.google.chrome.kyuah0  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 .esd-1000  drwx------  2 gdm  gdm   4096 2011-11-25 15:31 .esd-112  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 .exchange-skrd  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 gpg-cvdpke  drwxrwxrwt  2 root root  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 .ice-unix  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 keyring-ej7or4  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:39 orbit-skrd  drwx------  2 gdm  gdm   4096 2011-11-25 15:31 orbit-gdm  drwx------  2 root root  4096 2011-11-25 15:34 orbit-root  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 pulse-l55lxqdvaete  drwx------  2 gdm  gdm   4096 2011-11-25 15:31 pulse-pkdhtxmmr18n  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 ssh-zwnvnt1368  drwx------  2 skrd skrd  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 virtual-skrd.e6skrh  -r--r--r--  1 root root    11 2011-11-25 15:31 .x0-lock  drwxrwxrwt  2 root root  4096 2011-11-25 15:31 .x11-unix
/root# ls -all
code:
  total 132  drwx------ 20 root root  4096 2011-09-08 14:45 .  drwxr-xr-x 21 root root  4096 2011-11-12 23:57 ..  drwx------  2 root root  4096 2011-11-12 23:57 .aptitude  -rw-------  1 root root  8544 2011-11-24 15:49 .bash_history  -rw-r--r--  1 root root  2227 2009-04-27 17:56 .bashrc  drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 2010-10-03 02:25 .cache  drwx------  4 root root  4096 2011-03-14 18:59 .config  drwx------  3 root root  4096 2010-02-20 12:08 .dbus  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2011-11-12 23:57 .debtags  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2011-03-14 18:43 desktop  -rw-------  1 root root    16 2010-02-20 12:17 .esd_auth  drwx------  3 root root  4096 2011-11-25 15:34 .gconf  drwx------  2 root root  4096 2011-11-25 15:34 .gconfd  drwx------  7 root root  4096 2011-08-14 14:16 .gnome2  drwx------  2 root root  4096 2010-02-20 12:08 .gnome2_private  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2011-08-14 14:00 .gstreamer-0.10  drwx------  3 root root  4096 2011-03-14 18:59 .kde  drwx------  3 root root  4096 2010-10-30 00:05 .local  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2011-03-14 18:43 .nautilus  -rw-r--r--  1 root root   140 2007-11-20 01:57 .profile  -rw-------  1 root root 26994 2011-09-08 14:45 .recently-used.xbel  drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 2011-04-07 10:43 .subversion  drwx------  3 root root  4096 2011-10-14 00:47 .synaptic  drwx------  4 root root  4096 2011-08-11 15:18 .thumbnails  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2009-10-29 05:05 .wapi
boot info script results
code:
                boot info script 0.55    dated february 15th, 2010                        ============================= boot info summary: ==============================     => grub 2 installed in mbr of /dev/sda , looks on same drive in       partition #5 /boot/grub.    sda1: _________________________________________________________________________        file system:       ntfs      boot sector type:  windows vista/7      boot sector info:  no errors found in boot parameter block.      operating system:  windows vista      boot files/dirs:   /bootmgr /boot/bcd /windows/system32/winload.exe    sda2: _________________________________________________________________________        file system:       extended partition      boot sector type:  -      boot sector info:      sda5: _________________________________________________________________________        file system:       ext4      boot sector type:  -      boot sector info:        operating system:  ubuntu 10.04.3 lts      boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img    sda6: _________________________________________________________________________        file system:       swap      boot sector type:  -      boot sector info:      =========================== drive/partition info: =============================    drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________    disk /dev/sda: 250.1 gb, 250059350016 bytes  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors  units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes  sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes    partition  boot         start           end          size  id system    /dev/sda1    *          2,048   272,446,334   272,444,287   7 hpfs/ntfs  /dev/sda2         272,446,335   488,392,064   215,945,730   5 extended  /dev/sda5         272,446,398   479,524,184   207,077,787  83 linux  /dev/sda6         479,524,248   488,392,064     8,867,817  82 linux swap / solaris      blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________    device           uuid                                   type       label                             /dev/sda1        58bc7c55bc7c2f9c                       ntfs                                       /dev/sda2: pttype="dos"   /dev/sda5        22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191   ext4                                       /dev/sda6        390570ae-bdde-4522-8297-961644b8895f   swap                                       /dev/sda: pttype="dos"   error: /dev/sdb: no medium found    ============================ "mount | grep ^/dev  output: ===========================    device           mount_point              type       options    /dev/sda5        /                        ext4       (rw,errors=remount-ro)  /dev/sr0         /media/cdrom0            iso9660    (ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8,user=skrd)  /dev/sda1        /media/58bc7c55bc7c2f9c  fuseblk    (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)      =========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================    #  # not edit file  #  # automatically generated /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates  # /etc/grub.d , settings /etc/default/grub  #    ### begin /etc/grub.d/00_header ###  if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ];    load_env  fi  set default="0"  if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ];    set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}    save_env saved_entry    set prev_saved_entry=    save_env prev_saved_entry    set boot_once=true  fi    function savedefault {    if [ -z ${boot_once} ];      saved_entry=${chosen}      save_env saved_entry    fi  }    function recordfail {    set recordfail=1    if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; save_env recordfail; fi; fi  }  insmod ext2  set root='(hd0,5)'  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191  if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ;    set gfxmode=640x480    insmod gfxterm    insmod vbe    if terminal_output gfxterm ; true ; else      # backward compatibility versions of terminal.mod don't      # understand terminal_output      terminal gfxterm    fi  fi  insmod ext2  set root='(hd0,5)'  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191  set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale  set lang=en  insmod gettext  if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ];    set timeout=-1  else    set timeout=10  fi  ### end /etc/grub.d/00_header ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###  set menu_color_normal=white/black  set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray  ### end /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.32-35-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	insmod ext2  	set root='(hd0,5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-generic root=uuid=22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191 ro   quiet splash  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-35-generic  }  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.32-35-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	insmod ext2  	set root='(hd0,5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191  	echo	'loading linux 2.6.32-35-generic ...'  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-generic root=uuid=22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191 ro single   	echo	'loading initial ramdisk ...'  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-35-generic  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###  menuentry "memory test (memtest86+)" {  	insmod ext2  	set root='(hd0,5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191  	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin  }  menuentry "memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {  	insmod ext2  	set root='(hd0,5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191  	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttys0,115200n8  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###  menuentry "windows vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {  	insmod ntfs  	set root='(hd0,1)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58bc7c55bc7c2f9c  	chainloader +1  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###  # file provides easy way add custom menu entries.  type  # menu entries want add after comment.  careful not change  # 'exec tail' line above.  ### end /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###    =============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================    # /etc/fstab: static file system information.  #  # use 'blkid -o value -s uuid' print universally unique identifier  # device; may used uuid= more robust way name  # devices works if disks added , removed. see fstab(5).  #  # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>  proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0  # / on /dev/sda5 during installation  uuid=22b225d3-fa48-49a5-b0c8-d9de12767191 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1  # swap on /dev/sda6 during installation  uuid=390570ae-bdde-4522-8297-961644b8895f none            swap    sw              0       0  /dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0    =================== sda5: location of files loaded grub: ===================       139.6gb: boot/grub/core.img   165.5gb: boot/grub/grub.cfg   154.2gb: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-35-generic   150.8gb: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-generic   154.2gb: initrd.img   150.8gb: vmlinuz  =======devices don't seem have corresponding hard drive==============    sdb
does have idea happened? in danger?

thank who'll take bother (--,)



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