[Bio-linux-devel] 16.04.1 Upgrade Follies

[mckennep at mskcc.org]

Hi,

I made a stupid mistake and tried to upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04.1 on a Bio-Linux 8 installation.

Now, after starting grub, I get a black screen with the following (xxx = large number):

lvmetad is not active yet, using direct activation during sysinit
/dev/mapper/biolinux--vg-root: recovering journal
/dev/mapper/biolinux--vg-root: clean, xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx files, xxxxxx/xxxxxxx blocks

I searched and found this:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/769863/lvmetad-is-not-active-yet-using-direct-activation-during-sysinit/783977#783977

...but those suggestions didn't work for me.  Adding 'nomodeset' after 'quiet splash' in the startup commands gives me the same black screen with the 'lvmetad' error message, but now I also get the Biolinux8 green startup dots cycling on the screen forever.

I looked up what lvmetad is, but I don't really understand what it does. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Peter.

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Peter T. McKenney, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pamer Lab, ZRC-1625
408 E 69th St.
New York, NY 10065 USA

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