Solved the problem by booting recover kernel (had to add i915.modeset=1 to grub entry). After the error message type:
mountall then a blue menu appeared typed sudo gdm to start gnome Had a look at the latest updated packages. With Synaptic removed current version of mountall (mountall 2.15.1). Used apt-get to downgrade to previous version of mountall Also downgraded kernel version Ubuntu starts again. Cheers -- Gave up waiting for root device after upgrade then busybox console https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs