Public bug reported: My ununtu desktop failed to boot one day, saying "no init found". I could not get past this, including going back to previous configurations. So I downloaded the latest version, burned a CD and tried to install that. Booting from the CD is OK, but I can't get my old user data. The old /home/ is extracted under some ecryptfs scheme, with instructions to run "ecryptfs-mount-private", which crashes with the message "private directory is not set up correctly".
Tried to install from the CD (before & after reboot - same result) - use the option to upgrade and keep the old user account, but the install fails with partition manager failed with 141 - goodbye. What does 141 mean? Is there any way I can recover that data? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: ubiquity 2.8.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.287 Date: Mon Feb 13 13:34:11 2012 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric ubiquity-2.8.7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931436 Title: Install / upgrade failed, & I can't rescue my user data To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/931436/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs