I have this issue too. I have had no issues with live iso images up until saucy.
Booting and after leaving and doing CTRL+D. I get a lovely kernel panic with the message: /init: line 352: can't open /root/dev/console: no such file Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode 0x00000200 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212977 Title: saucy daily-live images are unbootable on Dell Optiplex 990; stuck in BusyBox shell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1212977/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs