Subject: linux-image-2.6.30-2-686: 2.6.30 cannot find root file system
Package: linux-image-2.6.30-2-686
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
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When I try to boot with linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 the boot up hangs while
trying
to find the root file system. It freezes for a few minutes and then
drops me into
the busybox shell. I have tried changing the "root" parameter in grub's
menu.lst
from /dev/hda1 (this is the working setting, up to and including 2.6.26) to
/dev/sda1 or using the UUID setting. I also try this in the fstab file. The
results are always the same. It cannot find the root file system.
I don't think this is strictly a 2.6.30 problem because I tried booting with
a Sidux live CD (2009-2) which also uses 2.6.30 and the system booted with
no problems. It identified my hard disk as /dev/sda1, but as I've said,
doing
that on the Debian system doesn't help. The specs of my hard disk taken from
lshw are as follows:
*-disk
description: ATA
Disk
product:
ST3200822A
vendor:
Seagate
physical id:
0
bus info:
i...@0.0
logical name:
/dev/hda
version:
3.01
serial:
3LJ3JP6Q
size: 186GiB
(200GB)
capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm
partitioned
partitioned:dos
configuration: mode=udma5 signature=dc40dc40
smart=on
*-volume:0
description: EXT3
volume
vendor:
Linux
physical id:
1
bus info:
i...@0.0,1
logical name:
/dev/hda1
logical name:
/
version:
1.0
serial:
27569688-0e33-41be-90f9-f92103c9bbe4
size:
183GiB
capacity:
183GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled
large_files recover ext3 ext2
initialized
configuration: created=2007-01-11 22:32:41
filesystem=ext3 modified=2009-09-12 07:56:21 mount.fstype=ext3
mount.options=rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2009-09-12
07:56:21 state=mounted
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.ISO-8859-15
(charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration
management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.93.4 tools for generating an
initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-1 tools for managing Linux
kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries [i
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-2-686 suggests:
ii grub 0.97-32 GRand Unified Bootloader
(Legacy v
pn linux-doc-2.6.30 <none> (no description available)
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