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    Initramfs after Kubuntu 16.04 installation - possibly partitioning error

    I installed Kubuntu on my desktop, which had Windows 8.1 installed. The dual-boot options appear but when I try to boot into Kubuntu, I get stuck at an Initramfs terminal. Booting with Live USB, sudo fdisk -lu returns this:

    Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
    Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
    Disklabel type: dos
    Disk identifier: 0x730c4ee9

    Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
    /dev/sdb1 * 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS /exFAT
    /dev/sdb2 206848 1502089214 1501882367 716.2G 7 HPFS/NTFS /exFAT
    /dev/sdb3 1952602112 1953521663 919552 449M 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
    /dev/sdb4 1502089215 1952602111 450512897 214.8G 5 Extended
    /dev/sdb5 1502089216 1919082495 416993280 198.9G 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb6 1919084544 1952602111 33517568 16G 82 Linux swap / Solaris

    Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
    Partition table entries are not in disk order.
    Can somebody help me, please?

    I also posted the question in Askubuntu, without any answers:
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/79475...itioning-error

    Thanks

    #2
    I can't imagine that this is anything serious. Your disk looks OK. I would ignore this, certainly for now:

    Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
    Partition table entries are not in disk order.
    I've had this happen many times -- NBD.

    So, I would simply try Boot-Repair. Run it, and hope it will fix the booting by re-installing GRUB.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
    It's a good utility to have handy for future use, too.
    An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski

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      #3
      Qqmike, thanks a lot. Just tried it and it worked perfectly. You're the man

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        #4
        Good, got lucky again
        Welcome to the Kubuntu forum, felipegalvao.
        An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski

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