I just turned my Linux laptop on after having it turned off for a week. The Linux monkey and the Zorin logo appear But no Password login box. After a while I get a message:
Bugbbox v.30.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-7umbutuu3.1) Built-in-shell (ash)
Type “help for a list of commands
I(initramfs)
Is there a command I can enter to get to the Password input?
You have a typo in your post it should be "busybox".
Brave A.I. suggests the following:
Busybox v.30.1 Shell
BusyBox v1.30.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3) built-in shell (ash) is a common issue encountered during the boot process of Ubuntu systems, often indicating filesystem errors or other boot problems. When you encounter this screen, it means the system has dropped to an emergency shell because it couldn't mount the root filesystem properly.
To resolve this issue, you can try running the fsck command to check and repair the filesystem. For example, you can use the command (initramfs) fsck /dev/sda1 -y to automatically fix errors in the filesystem on the specified partition. Replace /dev/sda1 with the actual partition where your root filesystem is located. You can determine the correct partition using commands like cat /proc/partitions , blkid , or lsblk .
If the filesystem is corrupted, you might need to boot from a live USB or CD to access your system files and repair them. Additionally, if the issue persists, it could indicate hardware problems such as a failing hard drive, and you should consider backing up your data and replacing the hardware.
At that prompt (assuming it is Busybox as swarf suggests, and I would concur with), if you type
exit
and hit enter, it will probably show you that there's an error with a disk / partition, and that it will want you to run the command to fix it. So depending on that output, it would need to be something like @swarfendor437 wrote above with fsck.
Once that's done running, you should be able to exit from there, and boot normally.