On Jul 29, 10:50 am, "Zembower, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping someone can help me with this urgent problem. I just applied > the updates that became available in the last couple days to my Debian > etch host running on a Dell PowerEdge 2450 server. This included an > update to the kernel, so I rebooted the host. The host failed to > restart. The first error message on the console was '/init /init cannot > open /dev/root no such device.' Just before that, it said "mounting root > file system. Running /scripts/local-top." It finally ended by dropping > me into BusyBox, with which I'm not familiar. > > There were no earlier indications of problems with the output to the > console. All the output concerning /dev/sda, where all my directories > are partitioned, seemed normal. This host uses a Dell PERC 3/Si card to > provide RAID-5. > > Can anyone help me correct this problem? Any suggestions of commands to > run in BusyBox to either fix or diagnose this? > > Thanks in advance for your help, advice and suggestions. > > -Kevin > > Kevin Zembower > Internet Services Group manager > Center for Communication Programs > Bloomberg School of Public Health > Johns Hopkins University > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 > Baltimore, Maryland 21202 > 410-659-6139
I had a possibly similar problem (although in my case it was a LVM volume that couldn't be found). In my case the cause was the grub menu.lst file was rebuilt with some boot parameters wrong. Check /boot/grub/menu.lst to make sure all is well there. (clearly to do this the system has to be booted, but you should be able to boot from a livecd and mount the partition to do this) (you can edit the grub menu while booting also) Stuart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]