Unable to Boot Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu: Busybox?

Submitted by whiztech on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 22:59

If you are unable to boot into your Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu system, and it shows you the Busybox terminal, try run the fsck utility on all partition, especially the partition that you install your system. Here are the easy steps on how to do this:

1. Boot to your system with your Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu Live CD. Run the partition manager software (GParted) to check on which partition you had your system installed (1). Take note of the partition file system (2). In my case, I’ve installed my system on /dev/sda1 with ext3 file system.

2. Open Terminal, run the fsck command on your system’s partition (and other partitions too). In my case, my terminal command will be sudo fsck.ext3 /dev/sda1 (3).

3. If you use other file system, use the correct fsck tool for each file system types:


dosfsck - check and repair MS-DOS file systems

e2fsck - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system

e2fsck.conf - Configuration file for e2fsck

fsck - check and repair a Linux file system

fsck.ext2 - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system

fsck.ext3 - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system

fsck.minix - a file system consistency checker for Linux

fsck.msdos - check and repair MS-DOS file systems

fsck.reiserfs - The checking tool for the ReiserFS filesystem.

fsck.vfat - check and repair MS-DOS file systems

reiserfsck - The checking tool for the ReiserFS filesystem.

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