Ubuntu server cannot find the root device

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Asif Iqbal (vadud3 at gmail.com):
> Here is the detail message http://pastebin.com/ihffpT7z.
> 
> Here are the few relevant lines
> 
> [    0.000000] Command line:
> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic
> root=UUID=08febc85-9ce2-40ac-a354-e006f709a586 ro console=ttyS0,9600n8
> [    0.000000] KERNEL supported cpus:
> [    0.000000]   Intel GenuineIntel
> [    0.000000]   AMD AuthenticAMD
> [..stripped for brevity..]
> 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!

Hi,

you're upgrading from what, to what?  And are you using multipath?
If so, you may need to use ppa:serge-hallyn/initramfs-multipath.
I'm still working (right now, in fact) on a fix that is proper
enough to be allowed into a package.

-serge