Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image
Running Kubuntu 8.04. After installing today's updates, I cannot boot my system with the newly installed kernel (2.6.24-17) which hangs with a message "waiting for root file system". I can see that previous bugs have been raised for this problem in other kernel versions, but as this is a new version I am opening a new bug. Some of the previous bugs give the impression that this might have been related to multi-core processors, but I only have a single core. (Not sure why I've got an SMP kernel, as I thought this was meant for multi- core CPUs.) When the boot finally gives up trying to mount the root file system, it drops into a limited shell. Looking in /dev in this shell, I can see no /dev/hd? , /dev/sd? or even /dev/disk, which seems to explain why no device can be found to mount. As I can't mount anything to write logs to, I can only supply a limited amount of what's been requested in previous instances of this, viz: uname -a Linux (none) 2.6.24-17-generic #1 SMP Thu May 1 UTC 2008 X86_64 unknown cat /proc/version_signature Signature Ubuntu 2.6.24-17.31-generic. I have attached output from lspci -vvn, run from the previous kernel. I am able to work around this problem, as I can still boot from the old kernel. ** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- kernel 2.6.24-17: boot hangs with "waiting for root file system" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235305 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs