Here is the full error that the sytesm gives --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Booting command-list
Root (hd1,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partiosion type 0x83 Kernel /Boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=8e6f36d5-a1c6-44f6-8697-9a595 4b280af ro quiet splash [Linux-bzImage. setup=0x3000, size=0x221ed0] initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic [Linux-initrd @ 0x7f71c000, 0x7c31fa bytes] Loading, please wait... Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: -Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?) - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev) ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/8e6f36d5-a1c6-44f6-8697-9a5954b280af does not exist. Dr opping to a shell! BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.2-1ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. (initramfs) [ 58.092026] ata1:SRST failed (errno=-16) [ 63.120015] ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16) [ 63.120111] ata1: reset failed, giving up _ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The changes to menu.lst that made the system boot again looks like this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=8e6f36d5-a1c6-44f6-8697-9a5954b280af ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic quiet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't excatly see what the difference here it, but after changing the menu.lst the system booted up again (it still works), is it posible that there where othere changes in the menu.lst that solved the issue? The specific consol error that i have posted was booted from a command that i had edited (changed (hd3,0) to (hd1,0) to no avail). -- After updating 8.04.1 to 8.10, system halts at wating for root device. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343983 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
