[Bug 359620] [NEW] linux kernel 2.6.28-11-generic fails to find /dev/disk/by-uuid/[number] and drops to shell

[James Jones]

Public bug reported:

I am running Jaunty Jackalope beta, and updated this morning, which
apparently included an update to the 2.6.28-11 kernel. When I restarted,
the boot failed, with the message

ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/cf103646-c12b-4573-89ed-cf0387df4cd8 does not exist.
Dropping to a shell!

and then I was put in a busybox shell.

Rebooting and choosing 2.6.28-3-rt allowed me to  boot.

Looking at /boot/grub/menu.lst, I see the very same uuid for all choices
of Linux kernel. 2.6.28-3-rt found it, 2.6.28-11 did not. I'm not sure
why.

As the newer kernel gives up long before I can run uuname et al., it is
not clear whether the output of the commands listed in the guidelines
makes sense. Please let me know if it does, and I will happily attach
the output.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-generic 2.6.28.11.14
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-3-rt x86_64

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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linux kernel 2.6.28-11-generic fails to find /dev/disk/by-uuid/[number] and drops to shell
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