My computer is a Macbook with an Intel Core Duo processor. I have changed the resolution of the framebuffer and now I can see more messages. The problem seems caused by the initramfs image:
... Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-Q] [-b] [-o <modname>] <modname> [parameters...] modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ... modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...] ... mount: Cannot read /etc/fstab: no such file or directory ... Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: no such file or directory Done. mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: no such file or directory mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: no such file or directory Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init BusyBox ..... -- Feisty: unbootable after dist-upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/77233 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs