[Bug 36667] Re: Dapper Beta: Boot process stalls on "Mounting root filesystem..."

[koftinoff]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 34172 ***

I just ran into this bug. This bug 36667 says that it is a duplicate of
this bug, 34172, but I think they are separate.

I found a solution to the problem on my system. When I rebooted with out
quiet and splash, I noticed the log scroll by saying that it recognized
my cdrom drive as device hdf. Well, it always used to be hdc.

So the reason why it was hanging on 'waiting for root device' was
because it was trying to load /dev/hda5 as my root device but for some
reason the linux kernel after the upgrade decided to call my first hard
drive "/dev/hde"...

So I modified grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab and it boots fine...

FYI, before I upgraded to dapper, /proc/ide/ looked like:

drivers
hda -> ide0/hda
hdb -> ide0/hdb
hdc -> ide1/hdc
ide0
ide1

After booting the new kernel, /proc/ide looks like:

cmd64x
drivers
hdc -> ide1/hdc
hdd -> ide1/hdd
hde -> ide2/hde
hdf -> ide2/hdf
hdg -> ide3/hdg
ide1
ide2
ide3

I do have a scsi board and a promise ATA controller plugged in, but
since these were in the system before, in my opinion the linux kernel
should not have messed with my ide port ordering...

jeff koftinoff
jeffk at jdkoftinoff.com
www.jdkoftinoff.com

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Dapper Beta: Boot process stalls on "Mounting root filesystem..."
https://launchpad.net/bugs/36667