Ubuntu server cannot find the root device

[Asif Iqbal]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Scott Kitterman <scott at kitterman.com> wrote:
>> Try typing 'exit' from the shell you get dropped into.
>>
>
> brings me back to initramfs
>
> (initramfs) exit
> Gave up waiting for root device.  Common problems:
>  - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
>   - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
>   - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
>  - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
> ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/08febc85-9ce2-40ac-a354-e006f709a586 does not
> exist. Dropping to a shell!
>
>
> BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash)
> Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
>
> (initramfs)
>

(initramfs) cd /dev
(initramfs) ls md*
md10

It does not show md1 (root device) and md0 (swap)

any idea why?

>
>
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> Asif Iqbal
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Asif Iqbal
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?