I have just been recovering a system that failed to upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 with the same error as the OP. The solution was to chroot in from a liveCD following the Update Failure instructions.
After an apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist-upgrade and apt- get -f install the system could be booted normally, albeit without a working X-environment and package dependancy issues. The package dependancy issues (mostly in Latex-related packages, with it trying to both upgrade and install tex-common as part of an "apt-get -f install", and libboost) were resolved by removing the offending packages and their dependancies with "dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <packagename>". apt-get update and upgrade then worked and the system booted with a working X-Environment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652462 Title: No init after do-release-upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 (kernel panic) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1652462/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
