Boot Failure after an Intrepid Update

[Frans]

On Thu, 07 May 2009 00:44:05 +0800, Reeyarn wrote:

> Dear guys,
> 
> My Intrepid can't boot after an update, it says:
>   /dev/disk/by-uuid/...  does not exist.

I think you snipped the error message too much. If it reads something 
like this:
"Alert! /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxxxxxxx does not exist. Dropping to a shell!"
the following link might help:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1120858

I would try first booting an older kernel if possible.
 
> According to its guide, I tried to run *cd /dev/disk* but failed. And if
> I try *cat /proc/modules* it says:
> 
> thermal 23708 0 Live 0x ...
> processor ... Live
> fan ... Live
> fuse ... Live
> vesafb ... Live
> fbcon ... Live
> tileblit ... Live
> font ... Live
> bitblit ... Live
> softcursor ... Live
> 
> I'm using dell 500m notepad and ubuntu 8.10 used to be very well with
> it. Besides, I have already tried fsck with live cd. Is it that my
> kernel module has something lost in the update so I can't get it boot?

Good luck!

    -Frans