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Alert /dev/mapper/vg-root does not exist. dropping to a shell

Asked by Corina Allen

(Running a Toshiba Satellite P855)

I've successfully installed the latest (13.something) version of Ubuntu. When I remove the USB and reboot, I get to the enter password screen. After entering the password I get this alert and dropped into the shell. I restarted from the live USB trial version and followed the package manager troubleshooting list of commands. It gave me this terminal output:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'ubuntu':

You have 1693 packages (100.0%) supported until July 2014 (9m)

You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ echo $http_proxy

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
cp: cannot stat ‘/var/lib/dpkg/status-old’: No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat ‘/var/backups/apt.extended_states.0’: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
cp: cannot stat ‘/var/lib/dpkg/available-old’: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy Release
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main amd64 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted amd64 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release [49.6 kB]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main amd64 Packages [42.6 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted amd64 Packages [14 B]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en [19.9 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages [1239 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted amd64 Packages [9348 B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en [711 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en [2686 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main amd64 Packages [118 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [14 B]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en [55.5 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Fetched 2350 kB in 22s (105 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy Release
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main amd64 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted amd64 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)]/ saucy main restricted
     2 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted
     3 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted
     4 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted
     5
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

I believe the OS to be installed fine I just cant seem to boot into it.

Thank you :)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you comment out the install CD as an install media as a source of packages. You have a web connection so it's not needed.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

What is the output of:

ls /var/lib/dpkg/status*

If we can get you updating, it may help things be ok

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Corina Allen (starperfect) said : 		#3

Problem solved. I didnt enter the correct password to unlock the hard drive when my system first booted up but it did seem to let me into my computer which seems strange. But when i restarted and entered the correct unlock code and password the issue went away.

Thanks!