I installed Debian about a month ago - I think I have Debian 9.2.
Yesterday, when prompted, I installed Debian update packages. On start today I get the errors:
Code:
Initramfs unpacking failed: broken padding
Failed to execute /init (error -2)
Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init = option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-1
Hardware name: BIOSTAR Group G41D3...Call Trace...
I have had some crashes lately which Memtest86 suggest these are due to bad memory. I will have a new memory stick arriving tomorrow.
I assume this problem is related to yesterday's update.
I read the init.txt but it is beyond my level of understanding.
I searched for a solution but found nothing that seemed to help my situation. One Ubuntu answer suggested loading with older kernel but I cannot find this option on the Debian grub menu.
I have a Debian install CD and can start in recovery mode (i just have no idea what to do at that stage). I am writing this on a friend's computer.
What should I do?
Thanks in advance of any response. Phil