I had this same problem when doing an update via the internet. My update process kept closing after it downloaded the packages without applying them. I ended up applying them using adept updater, since the repositories had been changed. Adept crashed about halfway through and I had to run dpkg --configure -a. Afterwards I rebooted and kernel 2.6.22 wouldn't boot with the same error above. I ended up running kernel 2.6.20 then I installed the generic kernel modules for 2.6.22 from gutsy universe which hadn't been installed and rebooted with no problem.
I came to this solution after trying the solutions other people had posted involving initrd-tools with no effect. -- Unable to mount root fs after upgrade to 2.6.22-11.32 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138325 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
