[ubuntu-in] Fwd: Error While Booting Ubuntu 9.10 (org: Linux help )

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi Friends,

A friend of mine is running Ubuntu 9.10 (Ultimate 2.4) on his HP DV 5
Series laptop.

Grub for Ubuntu does not work - neither recovery nor normal option
Below is an error he is getting while booting up - , it is dual booted
with Wincedows 7

We need your advice.

Am also asking hem to get onto the list.

@ Hem join the list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

below is original error message, if i understand correctly copied by
hand and then mailed.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hem Tewari <kavita.hem at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Subject: Linux help
To: "Ramnarayan.K" <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>



Hi Ram,

Pl. find pasted below the message that I get while opening in recovery mode:


[2.324800] usb 6-1: New Full speed USB Device using uhci_hcd and address 2

[2.483649] usb 6-1: Configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[2.709467] [drm] LVDS-8 set mode 1280x800 14

[2.724539] usb 7-2: new full speed USB Device using uhci_hcd and address 2

[2.483649] usb 6-1: Configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[3.231080] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50

Begin: Loading essential drivers….

[3.368903] xor: automatically using best checksumming function: pIII_sse

[3.388508]  pIII_see  : 7292.000 MB/sec

[3.388539 xor: using functions: pIII_sse (7292.000 MB/sec)

[3.394520] device-mapper: dm-raid45: initialized v0.2594b

Done.

Begin: Running/scripts/init-premount …….

Done.

Begin: Mounting root file system…….

Begin: Running/scripts/local-top…..

Done.

Begin: Waiting for root file system………

[7.074334] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct Access     Generic- Multi-Card   1.00
PQ: 0  ANSI: 0 CCS

[7.074981] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi  generic sg2 type 0

[7.082098] sd 6:0:0:0 [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

Done.

Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:

-Boot args (cat/proc/cmdline)

 -check rootdelay=. (did the system waite long enough?)

-missing modules (cat/proc/modules; 1s/dev)

Alert!/dev/disk/by-uuid/697e2545-7c45-4bde-ae13-b4b7199e2dc2 does not
exist. Droppings to a shell!

BusyBox va.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13-1ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)

Enter ‘help’for a list of built-in commands

(initranfs)


****end of error message(s)***

Kindly help

With regards,

Hem

regards
ram