Thanks friends... I've solved my problem by reinstalling the Grub boot loader using a live cd. My system is back on action now. Once again thanks for your replays... -V99 :-)
On 8/17/10, Nilesh Govindarajan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/17/2010 11:25 PM, Vyshakh wrote: >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Vyshakh<[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:10:49 +0530 >> Subject: Help help. My system not booting... >> To: [email protected] >> >> Please look at the below message shown when i try to boot to my >> ubuntu9.10... >>>>> >> . >> . >> . >> Begin: Loading Essential drivers... >> Done >> >> Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount... >> Done >> >> Begin: Mounting root file system... ... >> >> Begin: Running /scripts/local-loop... >> Done >> >> Begin: Waiting for root file system... ... >> Done >> Give up waiting for root-device. Common problems: >> -Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) >> -Check rootdelay=(did the system wait for enough time) >> -Check root=(did the system wait for right device) >> -Missing modules (cat /proc/modules: is /dev) >> >> ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/...-...-...-........-... Does not exists. >> Dropping to shell) >> >> >> BusyBox v1.13.3 (ubuntu 1.13.3-1ubuntu) >> enter 'help' for a list of built in commands. >> (initramfs) >> >> >>>>> >> this is what i get when i choose boot ubuntu. >> >> (initramfs) behaves like a command prompt. >> I cant boot to my graphical desktop. >> #i've not done anything serious with my system. >> #i dont want to loose my current ubuntu. >> #i cant boot to windows(7) also. >> >> Please anyone help me to recover all safely... >> > > Have you set a disk label for /? > Then, at grub, edit the kernel line, change it so that it looks like this: > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-... ... root=/dev/disk/by-label/LABEL > where LABEL is the disk label you've set. > > If you've not set a label, then try to guess which disk & which > partition is linux installed on, and accordingly try: > > root=/dev/sd[a-z][1-n] > > -- > Regards, > Nilesh Govindarajan > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr > Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr > Website: http://www.itech7.com > VPS Hosting: http://www.itech7.com/a/vps > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- Sent from my mobile device -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
