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I have a Thinkpad X230 happily running 14.04 32-bit with full disk
encryption. It was an upgrade from 13.10, which also (obviously) had
full disk encryption. However, I have 12GB of RAM so I wanted to switch
to 64-bit. I decided the safest way was to buy a new drive and install
the 64-bit version to that, then migrate my data. So I bought a Crucial
SSD, made a boot USB stick of 14.04 64-bit, fitted the SSD and started
the install, again requesting full disk encryption.

The install proceeds fine and precisely as expected, right up to "Reboot
to use your new system". But then the system does not start.

The first time I try and restart, immediately after install, I get the
BIOS splash screen and the "black with a purple border" screen, but no
"please enter your drive password". Instead, the fan starts whirring and
the machine gets hot - it seems to be pegging the CPU. In case it was
doing something like encrypting all the data, I left it overnight (the
second time I tried the install), but when I came back 10 hours later, I
was still at the "black with a purple border" screen, although the CPU
seemed not to be working hard any more.

If I try rebooting again, I can get a GRUB screen, but if I pick
"Ubuntu", I get the purple border, and then "Kernel panic - not syncing
- No init found." And that's the message I get on each subsequent boot
attempt.

I can boot the machine using my old 32-bit 14.04 disk (attached in a
USB3 enclosure) and examine the internal drive. However, I don't know
what to look for. Using the "Disks" tool, I can mount the boot partition
- it seems to have all the right bits, but I'm no expert. I an also
unlock the encrypted partition, although I can't work out how to mount
it.

So I'm happy to provide more info if people just tell me what to look
for.

I'll also try and install _without_ FDE and see if that's the factor
which makes the difference.

Gerv

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Incomplete


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New 64-bit 14.04 install doesn't boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1338942
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