[ please keep the bug report on cc, that is not private, cool thanks ]
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:43:56AM -0600, Barb Smith wrote:
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hc and address 3
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: configuratin #1 chosen from 1 choise
usbcore: registered new interface driver hidden
input: Logitech USB Mouse as /class/input/input1
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse Logitech USB Mouse on usb-0000:03,1-2
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c v2.6:USB HID core driver
sure as expected nothing interesting there.
And then it freezes for about 5 minutes.
can be accelerated by passing rootdelay=<seconds>
or see documentation on
http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug
I have a usb mouse plugged into
a laptop computer. It is not new. It's the same one I have used since I
started using debian. After that I get WARNING bootdevice may be
renamed.
Try root=/dev/sda5
Alert! /dev/hda5 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! (it is listed as
/dev/sda5 in /etc/fstab)
Check your root= boot arguement (cat /proc/cmdline)
this is a direct hint that your boot root arg got renamed
(and no there is exist no stable names, better use uuid)
how about if you boot with root=/dev/sda5 for the newer kernel?
and you'd need also to fix up your fstab
for stable uuid see for example
http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2006/08/11/stable-root-device-aka-uuid/
Checking for missing modules (cat /proc/modules), or device files (ls
/dev)
I try typing login but it won't recognize either my root or user
password. That's as far as I can get.
sure you are landed in the initramfs rescue shell,
funny that you retype the direct error message hint,
but don't try it out?