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I can no longer boot my server up. I get the following issue:

Loading, please wait...
Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init.
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
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and my system just sits there. It occured after I removed upstart

apt-get remove upstart

and then rebooted because I always reboot the system after I run any apt-get command.

When I run the system in recovery mode I get a kernel panic, so I cannot boot into recovery mode.

Please help me.

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Boot off a Live CD. You can either try booting into rescue mode (http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-boot-ubuntu-linux-rescue-mode/) and try repairing your system or you can try and do a re-install but don't format the file systems so you won't overwrite any data you've written to disk.

Either way, you can backup your data using the rescue mode.

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At what point does it panic? During boot off Live CD? What Live CD are you booting off of? – ACase Sep 24 '11 at 23:56
When I am in grub, I select the second option, and then the log reads kernel panic. – macintosh264 Sep 24 '11 at 23:57
grub of your install or the live cd? – ACase Sep 24 '11 at 23:58
What can I do with my data from the live cd. How can I save it. And how can I save the apache settings and things like that. Please help me. If you either of you can solve this you can get 4 bitcoins if you so please. – macintosh264 Sep 24 '11 at 23:59
Grub of my install – macintosh264 Sep 24 '11 at 23:59
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Like ACase said, boot off a Live CD. Then, mount your data:

cat /proc/partitions to find what partitions available mkdir /mnt/my_disk mount -t /mnt/my_disk chroot /mnt/my_disk apt-get install upstart umount /mnt/my_disk restart without live CD

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What can I do with my data from the live cd. How can I save it. And how can I save the apache settings and things like that. Please help me. If you either of you can solve this you can get 4 bitcoins if you so please. – macintosh264 Sep 24 '11 at 23:58
You can scp it off to another host if you enable networking. Or just stick in a USB stick and cp the files off. – ACase Sep 24 '11 at 23:59
and what about appache settings, my php cli extensions, and other stuff. And do you think I should cp it to my second internal HD, and if so how can I mount it. – macintosh264 Sep 25 '11 at 0:01
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