Boot fails on Ubuntu mate 64 install

[lah7]

When you mention "syncing error, init fail.", there's the clue of the root of the problem.

Sounds like a kernel panic, more precise information would be needed to correctly advise you how to fix it.

Here's a thread that sounds similar to your case:

• [SOLVED] Kernel panic at boot: not syncing. No init found - Page 2

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The alternate Frankenstein approach is converting Xubuntu to Ubuntu MATE, but that's not really recommended:

Converting between ubuntus

I’ve installed ubuntu mate on my desktop and I love the way it looks, i’m running the newest version of ubuntu on my laptop as well but it is not mate. Is there any way to convert to ubuntu mate from normal ubuntu, without it being buggy if you didn’t install it that way to begin with? I’m still new to linux just wondering. Thanks for reading.