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

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, C. Dominik Bódi wrote:

> Yes, booting that kernel gets me into the rescue shell. All /dev/hda? 
> partitions that should exist do so, as well.
> 
> Here's a list of modules that are loaded:
> ide_disk
> atiixp
<snipp modules list>

so udev is doing the job,
but i don't see any fs in your aboves list.
 
> I am using grub, with an extra partition /dev/hda7 set up as /boot.
> 
> /proc/cmdline is
> root=/dev/hda8 ro lapic

looks sane
 
> I did install debian again, once I had upgraded it to unstable, the same bug 
> happened. I did keep the kernel from testing this time (see original report 
> for version), which boots without having this problem.
> 
> I tried something in the rescue shell: I mounted /dev/hda8 to /root manually 
> using the following command:
> mount -t ext3 /dev/hda8 /root
> 
> Then I exited the rescue shell and the system did boot normally.

what does simply exiting the shell do?

can you please post all the initramfs-tools lines you see when you
get dropped into the shell.

regards

-- 
maks