hey again, On 25/08/2009 Guillaume JAOUEN wrote: > I use a standard sid install with only nvidia proprietary driver :
thanks for the information. i run several debian/sid installations with linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64 (2.6.30-6) without any issues, and so far I was unable to reproduce the bug you reported. let's see ... > This kernel also runs on a Xen hypervisor. It supports only unpriviledged > (domU) operation. so the system on which you discovered the bug runs as domU, right? > Output during boot : > debian kernel 2.6.30-1-amd64 > ... > failure : failed to assemble all array > volume group "debian" not found. > skipping volume group debian. > unable to find LVM volume debian/root > volume group "debian" not found. > skipping volume group debian. > unable to find LVM volume debian/swap_1 > done. > begin : waiting for root file system... done > gave up waiting for root device. common problems : > - boot args cat /proc/cmdline > - check rootdelay =(did the system wait long enough?) > - check root =(did the system wait for the right device?) > - missing modules ( cat /proc/modules) > ALERT! /dev/mapper/debian-root does not exist > dropping to a shell. > busybox V.1.13.3 (debian 1:1.13.3-1) built-in shell (ash) > Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. > /bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off. > (initramfs) do you use lvm? seems like the lvm setup is broken. in case that your root device is on lvm (the default for guided encrypted partitioning in debian-installer), then that might be the real issue here. > output of cat /proc /cmdline : > (initramfs) root=/dev/mapper/debian-root ro > output of mount /dev/sda1 /boot/ : > mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /boot/ failed no such file or directory. > > output of ls / : > bin > boot ( I had to create it with mkdir) ok, and is it possible to mount /dev/sda1 after creating /boot? i.e. 'mkdir /boot && mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /boot' > output of ls /dev/sd* : > sda > sda1 > sda2 > sda5 from the initramfs, please give the output of 'for dev in /dev/sda[125]; do echo "$dev:"; fstype $dev; done' > I can't mount any file system, they are in ext3 format. what is the exact error message if you try to mount them? on your system (booted with a working kernel), please give the output of /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab. greetings, jonas
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