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System won't boot unless I type "exit" at initramfs prompt

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 13269 / 2 Years ago, thu, november 18, 2021, 1:03:29

I installed MDADM for my RAID, and ever since that when I boot up the system just sits at the purple screen forever. After pulling my hair out for a week, I finally discovered - purely by accident - that it's sitting at an initramfs prompt in the background and I have to blindly type "exit" and then Ubuntu resumes normal boot. How do I fix this? I am unable to reboot my machine if I'm not sitting in front of it because it will never boot!

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answered 2 Years ago lowstonnequ · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure if I have enough information to answer your question, but I do know a way to gather a bit more information.

To hide the logo for the boot and see the actual text of whatever error is causing you to drop to initramfs you will need to catch your computer at the grub boot menu and hit "e" to edit the boot script in use. Find the line that has "ro quiet splash" on it. Remove "quiet" and "splash"

If you get no text at all, there may be some extra text after splash that also needs to be removed. (Or at least, that was the case on my E-350 system.)

You should then see the error message that is causing it to stick in the initramfs prompt.