Comment 1 for bug 1236642

The directories and files in the root partition look similar to my other working 13.04 partition with the exception of .old files. The /sbin/init is there.

Here is what the initrd.img has within it:

$ lsinitramfs initrd.img | grep init
initrd.img
bin/run-init
scripts/init-top
scripts/init-top/udev
scripts/init-top/all_generic_ide
scripts/init-top/blacklist
scripts/init-top/ORDER
scripts/init-bottom
scripts/init-bottom/udev
scripts/init-bottom/ORDER
init
lib/modules/3.11.0-11-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/initio.ko
lib/firmware/ene-ub6250/sd_init2.bin
lib/firmware/ene-ub6250/sd_init1.bin
lib/firmware/ene-ub6250/ms_init.bin
conf/initramfs.conf

I followed the ideas for using the command line of grub at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2013-August/271141.html

and set seemed all okay as did ls. Then I did:

linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0.6-generic root=/dev/sda3 ro debug

and

initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.10.0.6-generic

and

boot

(Note: these versions are not mine. They came from the web page. I can't copy and paste if I can't boot. :-))

The same result ensued.

$ ldd sbin/init
 not a dynamic executable
I went looking for the libraries needed using

frohro@frohro-e6410:/media/frohro/5b901d56-389b-48b1-a911-08dab37d228d$ readelf -d sbin/init | grep NEEDED
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libnih.so.1]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libnih-dbus.so.1]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libdbus-1.so.3]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libjson-c.so.2]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [librt.so.1]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.6]

and found them all

ls lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
ld-2.17.so libnsl-2.17.so
ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 libnsl.so.1
libacl.so.1 libnss_compat-2.17.so
libacl.so.1.1.0 libnss_compat.so.2
libanl-2.17.so libnss_dns-2.17.so
libanl.so.1 libnss_dns.so.2
libatasmart.so.4 libnss_files-2.17.so
libatasmart.so.4.0.5 libnss_files.so.2
libattr.so.1 libnss_hesiod-2.17.so
libattr.so.1.1.0 libnss_hesiod.so.2
libaudit.so.1 libnss_nis-2.17.so
libaudit.so.1.0.0 libnss_nisplus-2.17.so
libblkid.so.1 libnss_nisplus.so.2
libblkid.so.1.1.0 libnss_nis.so.2
libbrlapi.so.0.6 libntfs-3g.so.841
libbrlapi.so.0.6.0 libntfs-3g.so.841.0.0
libBrokenLocale-2.17.so libpamc.so.0
libBrokenLocale.so.1 libpamc.so.0.82.1
libbsd.so.0 libpam_misc.so.0
libbsd.so.0.6.0 libpam_misc.so.0.82.0
libbz2.so.1 libpam.so.0
libbz2.so.1.0 libpam.so.0.83.0
libbz2.so.1.0.4 libparted.so.0
libc-2.17.so libparted.so.0.0.1
libcap.so.2 libpci.so.3
libcap.so.2.22 libpci.so.3.1.9
libcidn-2.17.so libpcprofile.so
libcidn.so.1 libpcre.so.3
libcom_err.so.2 libpcre.so.3.13.1
libcom_err.so.2.1 libpcsclite.so.1
libcrypt-2.17.so libpcsclite.so.1.0.0
libcrypto.so.1.0.0 libply-boot-client.so.2
libcrypt.so.1 libply-boot-client.so.2.1.0
libc.so.6 libply.so.2
libdbus-1.so.3 libply.so.2.1.0
libdbus-1.so.3.7.4 libply-splash-core.so.2
libdevmapper-event.so.1.02.1 libply-splash-core.so.2.1.0
libdevmapper.so.1.02.1 libply-splash-graphics.so.2
libdl-2.17.so libply-splash-graphics.so.2.1.0
libdl.so.2 libpng12.so.0
libe2p.so.2 libpng12.so.0.49.0
libe2p.so.2.3 libpopt.so.0
libexpat.so.1 libpopt.so.0.0.0
libexpat.so.1.6.0 libprocps.so.0
libext2fs.so.2 libprocps.so.0.0.1
libext2fs.so.2.4 libpthread-2.17.so
libfuse.so.2 libpthread.so.0
libfuse.so.2.9.2 libreadline.so.5
libgcc_s.so.1 libreadline.so.5.2
libgcrypt.so.11 libreadline.so.6
libgcrypt.so.11.7.0 libreadline.so.6.2
libglib-2.0.so.0 libresolv-2.17.so
libglib-2.0.so.0.3800.0 libresolv.so.2
libgpg-error.so.0 librt-2.17.so
libgpg-error.so.0.10.0 librt.so.1
libgudev-1.0.so.0 libSegFault.so
libgudev-1.0.so.0.1.3 libselinux.so.1
libhistory.so.5 libsepol.so.1
libhistory.so.5.2 libslang.so.2
libhistory.so.6 libslang.so.2.2.4
libhistory.so.6.2 libssl.so.1.0.0
libiw.so.30 libss.so.2
libjson-c.so.2 libss.so.2.0
libjson-c.so.2.0.1 libsystemd-daemon.so.0
libjson.so.0 libsystemd-daemon.so.0.0.10
libkeyutils.so.1 libsystemd-journal.so.0
libkeyutils.so.1.4 libsystemd-journal.so.0.10.2
libkmod.so.2 libsystemd-login.so.0
libkmod.so.2.1.3 libsystemd-login.so.0.7.1
liblvm2app.so.2.2 libthread_db-1.0.so
liblzma.so.5 libthread_db.so.1
liblzma.so.5.0.0 libtinfo.so.5
liblzo2.so.2 libtinfo.so.5.9
liblzo2.so.2.0.0 libudev.so.1
libm-2.17.so libudev.so.1.3.5
libmemusage.so libulockmgr.so.1
libmount.so.1 libulockmgr.so.1.0.1
libmount.so.1.1.0 libusb-0.1.so.4
libm.so.6 libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4
libncurses.so.5 libusb-1.0.so.0
libncurses.so.5.9 libusb-1.0.so.0.1.0
libncursesw.so.5 libutil-2.17.so
libncursesw.so.5.9 libutil.so.1
libnewt.so.0.52 libuuid.so.1
libnewt.so.0.52.15 libuuid.so.1.3.0
libnih-dbus.so.1 libwrap.so.0
libnih-dbus.so.1.0.0 libwrap.so.0.7.6
libnih.so.1 libx86.so.1
libnih.so.1.0.0 libz.so.1
libnl-3.so.200 libz.so.1.2.8
libnl-3.so.200.12.1 plymouth
libnl-genl-3.so.200 security
libnl-genl-3.so.200.12.1