Public bug reported: First encountered in CR Bug #270118 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/270118 for 8.0.4 32 bit Turns out that this is an arbitrary problem. The only thing that saved me from a complete boot fail was the UUID disk string in grub.
The fstab entries were looking for a sda and sdb device while during this boot they were renamed to sdc sdd. This time the problem recurred for 8.0.4.2 64bit Linux owl 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 01:04:16 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Looks like inserting a SD MMC card in my Dell 2408WFP results in renumbering - the SDMMC becomes sda while the HDD becomes sdc. Possibly might occur only when Bios detect for USB HDD is enabled - I will post update about this after reboot check with bios feature disabled. Attaching dmesg and dmesg.0 showing that disks have been renamed. My guess is the kernel scsi driver code needs fixing. TIA PS: I generated this with the ubuntu-bug cmd, but don't see any info attached. Let me know if you need more info. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 2 22:44:15 2009 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list] PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-meta Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic x86_64 ** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug -- sda sdb auto renamed to sdc sdd, boot fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/324389 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