actually Dimitrios, that was what I had to do, I booted into another kernel, then ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, and somehow it re-wrote the initrd for this kernel version and magically booted. Not sure how or why, but I've got my Ibex back. Thanks for your input.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Dimitrios Symeonidis <[email protected]>wrote: > how about updating the initrd for the intrepid kernel from another kernel? > run "sudo update-initramfs -k <your intrepid kernel version> -u" > > -- > bootchart installation hoses ibex > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321260 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "bootchart" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Had a wonderful running version of 8.10 > intalled bootchart and now ibex will not boot. > > ran > sudo apt-get install bootchart > > immediately Rebooted to error message: (no other changes) > ..... > running /scripts/local-top > done > begin: waiting for root file system > gave up waiting for root dev. Common problems > -boot args ( cat /proc/cmdline > -check rootdelay= (did system wait long enough?) > -check root= (did syst wait long enough?) > - missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev > ALERT /dev/disk/by-uuid/ 34232323xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx does not exist > dropping to a shell > Busy box ASH > intitramfs > _ _ blink blink > > Now I have tried to use command > blkid to find the /dev but that command does not work under initramfs > > I've also tried editing grub to use /dev/sda0 through 4 instead of uuid to > no avail. > it never seems to find the disk. > > I've also tried ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid > but initramfs states that it cannot cd into /by-uuid > > Please, thanks for your help? > > Recovery seems to give the same error > > Does anyone know the file structure and what or where that bootchart is > called and executied and/or if I can remove it in initramfs as this seems to > be the only prompt I can get to. > > I can however boot to older installations. > > -- Make it a great day! Charles Durando https://www.onforce.com/servicepro/91388 www.ServiceLive.com Pro ID: (ID# 35350) Company Id # 25169 Background Check Approved Every Servicelive.com provider has passed a background check required by our Fortune 500 customers, encompassing criminal, vehicle, and civil records. http://www.charlesdurando.info [email protected] -- bootchart installation hoses ibex https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321260 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
