Thanks Philip, I hadn't figured out about the chroot. I was just connected to it from 13.04. Then I tried chroot, but you can't chroot from a 32 bit system to a 64 bit root, so I am now booted from the USB Live 64 bit install and have chrooted there okay, but it won't update. Here is what I get:
root@ubuntu:/# sudo update-initramfs -c -k 3.11.0-11-generic sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-11-generic /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 137: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 142: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 142: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 279: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied WARNING: no ldd around - install libc-bin update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-11-generic with 1. root@ubuntu:/# which ldd /usr/bin/ldd I noticed from reading the thread quoted above than someone in August had this issue, and tried the next daily build and it solved the problem for him. Maybe I should do that, but then I'll always wonder what was the problem with this one. Any ideas? Thanks, Rob -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236642 Title: failed to execute /init To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1236642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
