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kernel panic kill init

Asked by nouha

After trying to upgrade from ubuntu 14.04 to ubuntu 15.04, error message before rebooting, at installing packages step, "abort...unstable" something like that, abort upgrade, force the reboot, black screen like in this

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any help plz?
and thanks alot !

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you upgrade from 14.04 to 14.10 then to 15.04?
Did you upgrade directly from 14.04 to 15.04?
Did you do a clean install of 15.04 from disk, wiping the old install out?

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nouha (nouhawannessi) said : 		#2

The upgrade was directly from 14.04 to 15.04, but it's aborted, it shows me an error message: "abort...unstable...close" something like that, after close error message window, force the reboot => black screen
and about your question: "Did you do a clean install of 15.04 from disk, wiping the old install out? " no i didn't

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

That's an unsupported and incorrect way to upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04.

You cannot upgrade directly from 14.04 to 15.04 while skipping 14.10.

Please read these documents:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VividUpgrades

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes

So either perform a clean install of Ubuntu 15.04 or a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, after performing a backup of all your personal data.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is supported for a much longer period of time, until April 2019.

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nouha (nouhawannessi) said : 		#4

@Mark Rijckenberg, so you want to say that i should format and install again ubuntu ?

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

I am only advising to format (after backing up your data using a LiveCD/LiveUSB session) and reinstall, because I cannot provide support for an unsupported way of upgrading Ubuntu.

As I already explained before, skipping Ubuntu releases like that is unsupported, except when it is between two LTS releases. (for example: between 12.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS)

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nouha (nouhawannessi) said : 		#6

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.