Dapper2 FT2, boot problems

[Derek Broughton]

Magnus Therning wrote:

> Downloaded Dapper FT2 and put it on a CD yesterday. Installed it today,
> non-expert mode, without any problems. Chose to use two partitions on my
> SATA disk (only have one disk in the computer):
> 
>  /dev/sda7 -> /boot
>  /dev/sda8 -> /
> 
> Booting works fine until the kernel is loaded. Then I get the message
> that /dev/sda8 couldn't be found and I'm dropped into a BusyBox.
> 
> Grub entry:
> 
>  title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-8-386
>  root            (hd0,6)
>  kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.15-8-386 root=/dev/sda8 ro quiet
>  initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.15-8-386
>  savedefault
>  boot
> 
> Any idea on how to solve it?
> 

Not really - it's what I saw with the earlier 2.6.15 kernels, though I think
the actual fix was in udev.  I'm now using 2.6.15-8-686 (note the 686) and
udev 077-0ubuntu5 and the problem's gone away.  Otherwise, you might need
an earlier kernel (the previous one I'd used was 2.6.12-9-686).

hth
-- 
derek