On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 05:38 +0000, Alexander Birchall wrote: > 3. This is what the monitor was displaying: > > "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/mapper/eprints.mdx.ac.uk-root does not exist. Dropping > to a shell! > > BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash) > Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. > > (initramfs) _"
This is likely an error with Grub (especially if you switched to Grub2) or the initramfs image. The use of /dev/mapper indicates you need the dmsetup package. Boot it using a recovery/live CD, and install all the "booting from funny stuff" packages: apt-get install lvm2 evms dmsetup These will rebuild the initramfs images to include support for a bunch of special boot configurations. I'm sorry I don't have better news for you. Regards, Tyler -- "I respect you too much to respect your ridiculous ideas." -- Johann Hari -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
