Bug#352700: can't boot with 2.6.15-1-686 kernel : "/scripts/init-premount/udev : 21 : udevd : not found

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Florian Iragne wrote:

> i already provided them :
> udevd-event[1625]: run_program: exec of program '/lib/udev/ide.agent' failed
> device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
> unable to find volume group "LVMDEBIAN"
> ALERT! /dev/mapper/LVMDEBIAN-LVMDEBIANROOT does not exist. dropping to a
> shell!!
> 
> and finally i got a minimal shell (busybox v1.01)
> 
> i have then this message : can't access tty! job control turned off
> 
> > also from there the output of:
> > cat /proc/cmdline
> root=/dev/mapper/LVMDEBIAN-LVMDEBIANROOT ro bootkbd=fr resume=/dev/hda3
> elevator=cfq vga=792
> video=i810fb:vram=2:xres=1024:yres=768:bpp=24:hsync1=30:hsync2=49:vsync1=40:vsync2=70:accel:mtrr
> pci=biosirq
 
that looks fine.

> > cat /proc/modules
> dm-mod

so the lvm init-top script got run as this is loaded.
can you try to run from the busybox shell:
vgchange -ay LVMDEBIAN

 
> > and check if your root device is there ls /dev/hda4 or whatever..
> my root device (/dev/mapper/LVMDEBIAN-LVMROOT is not there

on which physical device is your volumegroup?
/dev/sda3 or whatever is that present?

thanks for your feedback.

-- 
maks