On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:46:50 +0000 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
You can rebuild initramfs. Google update-initramfs and/or mkinitramfs with your distro name.
There's lots of info out there (e.g. http://ubuntugenius.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/fix-a-failed-initramfs-update-d...)
I'd be tempted just to uninstall then reinstall the kernel though, as that should update the initramfs for you automatically (I think, unless I'm hopelessly wrong!)
I did as you suggested and uninstalled the kernel, along with the virtualbox stuff it said had to go and then reinstalled them all after a reboot. It still doesn't work so I'll just have to wait for a later version. Thanks for your ideas.