Sorted out! I found out that you can use LABEL instead of UUID in the configuration file. So, in windows, I set a Label to that hard disk, and then altered the configuration file accordingly. Regards, ty <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Jason Crain <<a href="mailto:jason@bluetree.ath.cx">jason@bluetree.ath.cx</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, February 23, 2009 11:12 am, Yi Tan wrote: > I copy that Wubi installation onto my home PC(PC2). I've also > copied wubildr, wubildr.mbr and modified windows's boot.ini > > Then I turn on PC2. I can select boot ubuntu. And then see the ubuntu logo > with loading bar for a moment. > > And it ends up in following failure: > > Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: > ....... > ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/7Axxxxxxxxxx does not exist. Dropping to a shell! > > --------------------------- > > I don't know much about linux. It seems like the copied-version ubuntu > can't > get the hard disk to work. > > Is there any easy way to make it works? Because I have got all software, > environment setup in that wubi installation. Really don't want a fresh > installation with time consuming software setup. </div>You will need to edit the file /etc/fstab and change the 'UUID=XXX' lines to show the correct uuids. You can find the UUIDs of your system by using 'sudo blkid'. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>