Ubuntu developers. I know this is not the place for the usual requests for help with Ubuntu, but I don't know where else to look. I've posted to the Ubuntu-users list, the Ubuntu and Kubuntu forums and I've be visited both #ubuntu and #kubuntu on IRC. I've even added my comment to a Launchpad bug report, #190588. I've gotten several suggestions to fix my problem, but so far none of them have made a difference. I've also tried to post to ubuntu-devel, but the moderator refused the post and recommended I post here instead.
About 2 weeks ago I tried to upgrade my PC using the instructions found here http://www.kubuntu.org/announcements/7.10-release.php. The upgrade froze at Installing packages 2%. After a couple of hours I stopped the upgrade process and tried again. This time the upgrade finished successfully. I rebooted the PC expecting to get a new Gutsy desktop, but instead got the Busy Box initramfs prompt and this message... Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/(my boot disk uuid) does not exist. Dropping to a shell. All modules seem to be present and loaded but "ls /dev/disk/by-uuid" shows I have no hard drives (I actually have 2 hard drives, both EIDE devices, not SATA). I can boot using the prior Feisty 2.6.20-16-generic kernel and am able to trouble shoot using the older kernel. As I said above, I have tried several suggestions to fix this problem, but so far none have had any effect. I've tried re-installing the 2.6.22-14-generic kernel. I've tried modifying initramfs. I've re-installed and updated GRUB. I've modified GRUB's menu.lst to use /dev/sd and /dev/hd drive identifiers. I've tried to re-run the upgrade, both form the internet and from the alternate CD, but both methods say my system is up to date and can't be upgraded. I don't know if this may be important information, but when I upgraded from Dapper to Feisty my system refused to recognize the new /dev/sd drive identifiers and I had to modify GRUB and /etc/fstab to use /dev/hd instead, but that didn't work this time. While this may not be a common problem with the Feisty / Gutsy upgrade, a Google search shows the several are have the same or similar upgrade errors. Can someone here please give me some suggestions to fix this problem? Thanks, Rick Knight -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
