"Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread dave N
Hi: I've installed Etch r1 and the only real thing I've done to the system is updated the system, though during the update it updated the kernel to the same kernel that was installed during the installation (used the medium to try and get more control over Grub install). The computer

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-10 Thread Per Tunedal Debian
Florian Kulzer skrev: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 06:39:11 -0500, dave N wrote: > > [...] > >> Question: In the menu.lst grub file, how would I use >> the label assignment in the line: >> >> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sdc2 ro > > I think this should be OK: > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.1

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-10 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] This is becoming a FAQ. There is a problem with udev. Before udev, there was a strong association between device names and devices. With udev, that association is much weaker. There's new randomness in how partitions are named during boot.

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-15 Thread Per Tunedal Debian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > This is becoming a FAQ. There is a problem with udev. > Before udev, there was a strong association between > device names and devices. With udev, that association > is much weaker. > There's new randomness in

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread dave N
dave N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi: I've installed Etch r1 and the only real thing I've done to the system is updated the system, though during the update it updated the kernel to the same kernel that was installed during the installation (used the medium to try and get more control over

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:04:18AM -0500, dave N wrote: > I booted with Knoppix live and there is nothing in /var/log/messages, none > of the logs appear to have changed since I last booted 2 days ago. I have not > run fsck or anything else on this yet. > > Ideas? This is usually a

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:24:07AM -0500, dave N wrote: > dave N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi: > > I've installed Etch r1 and the only real thing I've done to the system is > updated the system, though during the update it updated the kernel to the > same kernel that was installed during t

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread dave N
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:04:18AM -0500, dave N wrote: > I booted with Knoppix live and there is nothing in /var/log/messages, none of > the logs appear to have changed since I last booted 2 days ago. I have not > run fsck or anything else on this yet

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:24:07AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:24:07AM -0500, dave N wrote: > If you wait long enough (at least 30 seconds, maybe a couple minutes, > I can't remember) you should get dropped to a busybox shell. The

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-03 Thread dave N
--- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:24:07AM -0800, Andrew > Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:24:07AM -0500, dave N > wrote: > > If you wait long enough (at least 30 seconds, > maybe a couple minutes, > > I

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 06:39:11 -0500, dave N wrote: [...] > Question: In the menu.lst grub file, how would I use > the label assignment in the line: > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sdc2 ro I think this should be OK: kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=LABEL=your_root_label ro I