Thanks, looks to be working the past few days after booting with the liveCD, mounting / and creating the /var/run /var/run/network /var/lock directories.
-- missing /var/run in root partition fails many services https://launchpad.net/bugs/51452 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
