[ubuntu-za] Laptop Bootup Problem

frans dormakorp at vodamail.co.za
Tue Mar 9 05:52:20 GMT 2010


On 10/03/08 18:08, Hannes Coetzee wrote:
> On 08/03/2010 17:00, moki at mweb.co.za wrote:
>> Thanks for the response!
>>
>> I have removed "splash VGA=788 quiet splash". I then pressed ctrl x 
>> and I got the following
>>
>> A whole string of commands start running. What I am left with on the 
>> screen is as follows:
>>
>> Begin: Loading essential drivers.....
>> Done
>> Begin: Mounting root file system.....
>> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top...
>> Done
>> Begin: Waiting for root file system...
>> Done
>> 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/3cf5e4db-78ae-46de-af8a-18aebc95f44 does not 
>> exist. Dropping to a shell!
>>
>> BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
>> Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands.
>>
>> (initramfs) _
>>
>>
> Weird.. "/dev/disk/by-uuid/3cf5e4db-78ae-46de-af8a-18aebc95f44 does 
> not exist" is usually because the UUID of the disk changed (for 
> example when you replace it with a new one). Follow the same 
> instructions as before and replace 
> "/dev/disk/by-uuid/3cf5e4db-78ae-46de-af8a-18aebc95f44" with /dev/sda1 
> .As far as I know most disks are picked up as /dev/sdx in recent 
> versions of Ubuntu. If you want to use the UUID just boot from a 
> livecd and run ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ and you'll have the correct 
> UUID for the disk.
I had a similar problem, changing the "fstab" file to /dev/sdx for that 
partition did the trick
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