Bug#362631: linux-image-2.6.16-1: fails to mount root device

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

tags 362631 morinfo
severity 362631 important
reassign 362631 initramfs-tools
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On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 06:19:04PM +0100, C. Dominik =?UTF-8?Q?B=C3=B3di ?= wrote:
 
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> The kernel seems to boot up normally, but then fails to mount the root device
> with a message
> "failed to mount root on /dev/hda8 - no such device"

that is the error message of initramfs-tools when no root device came up.
i guess you got into the rescue shell:
did you check if /dev/hda8 existed?
did you check which modules got loaded?


> according to dmesg logs I can see that hda gets initialised normally. I
> could not find any errors related to the initalisation of the ide controller
> or hard disk, either.
> 
> Booting the kernel without the initial ramdisk fails with a kernel panic.

sure modular ide needs the drivers to recognise your root.
 
> The system used to work with version 2.6.16-5 or earlier. However, since the
> last upgrade was done on April 3rd 2006, I cannot remember the exact version
> of the linux-image package I upgraded from. Due to not having a backup
> kernel installed, I had to re-install the box from scratch and lost all
> apt/dpkg logfiles.

hmm will make hard to check what error you had.
 
> I tried booting the linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 instead but bot the same error.
 
where you using grub?
please post:
cat /proc/cmdline

what about your reinstall does it boot normaly?


regards

-- 
maks