Recently I have been having problems booting my dual boot Kubuntu XP
computer.
As it boots into Kubuntu, it drops out to a screen with the following
information:
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/f7a37ca0-e336-4783-b436-52cd9754b024 does
not exist.
opping 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) _
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my fstab is as follows:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique
identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda6 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sda7 /home ext4 defaults,user_xattr 1 2
UUID=21FC-A114 /media/TV vfat defaults,uid=peterm,gid=peterm 0 0
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fdisk -l gives:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000001
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3187 25599546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3188 7167 31969350 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda3 7168 19457 98719363 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 7168 11145 31953222 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 11146 11322 1421721 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
/dev/sda7 11323 19457 65344356 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009aa21
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1275 10241406 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb2 1276 2434 9309667+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1276 2434 9309636 b W95 FAT32
peterm@kubuntu-pm:~$
Tried to find the Missing UUID:
peterm@kubuntu-pm:~$ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-08-07 07:30 2166-2503 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-08-07 07:31 21FC-A114 -> ../../sdb5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-08-07 07:30
36a2dd2a-c417-4db8-aa57-cad630726fae -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-08-07 07:30 5566-2270 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-08-07 07:30 EA88984E88981AE1
-> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-08-07 07:31
f399a30f-c77f-4630-a502-bf1673e54513 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-08-07 07:31
f7a37ca0-e336-4783-b436-52cd9754b024 -> ../../sda5
Can anyone give any advice on how to get rid of this problem? I wonder
if it is a case of I stopped the computer with a USB stick in and it
cannot find it on reboot?
Thanks,
Peter M
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