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Cannot boot because: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

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This is what I've got. I cannot boot and I see the two of three little lights on the keyboard blinking all the time and the cooling is working on full power, almost.

I saw in other askubuntu topic suggestion for memory test. I did it. I didn't have any errors.

I am 99,9% sure it is not a hardware problem, because I have Windows 7 and I can boot it and it works just fine.

This problem came without any warning or something. I just turned off the laptop one day and at the other day I couldn't boot.

From recovery mode I get this:

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answered 2 Years ago arkcker · Accepted Answer

There you go /sbin/init: No such file or directory. Looks like it can't find a /sbin/init on /dev/sda6.

Maybe have a look from a Live CD, and see what is on sda6? Is it the right partition? Is just that file missing?

You can probably fix it from a Live CD, but I'm not sure what caused it, so I can't give instructions. Reinstalling is probably easier, if you don't know how to fix it, yourself.