Re: ALERT! /dev/sda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell...

["Fawad Nazir" <fawad.nazir@gmail.com>]

Thank you very much Predrag and Kent for you reply. Actually i was
working on VMWare, it was a long time dealing with this problem, but i
could not solve it. Now i have reinstalled the Ubuntu using IDE. Lets
see what happen once i compile 2.6.16 kernel. I hope it will work.
But i will not leave this questions unanswered, soon i will reinstall
Ubuntu on 2.6.16 kerel using SCSI and keep in mind your suggestions.
Surely, i will let you guys know the results.

Thanks...

Regards,
Fawad.


On 5/4/06, Predrag Gavrilovic <gavrilovic@gmail.com> wrote:
> This may be relevant to Debian too. I had (maybe still have) same
> problem with Debian etch instalation on IBM xSeries 346. I beleive
> this is a problem with initramfs-tools (there is a bug reported) and
> this should be fixed in next initarmfstools version in testing.
> After installation from daily build etch (a week ago) system wouldn't boot.
> Workaround is to compile kernel with scsi and avoid using initrd, or
> to use yaird for creating initrd image.
>
> 2006/5/4, Fawad Nazir <fawad.nazir@gmail.com>:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I installing Ubuntu 5.10 with 2.6.16 kernel. Everything went well but
> > when i restarted the kernel it gave me the:
> >
> > ALERT! /dev/sda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell
> > BusyBox v1.00-pre10 (Debian 20040623-1ubuntu22) Build-in shell (ash)
> > Enter 'help' for a list of build-in command
> > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> > #
> >
> >
> > I modified the /etc/mkinitramfs/modules, and now it looks like: (Also attached)
> >
> > sd_mod
> > arcmsr
> > scsi_mod
> > dmesg
> > mptspi
> >
> > The entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst is: (Also attached)
> >
> > title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.16
> > root            (hd0,0)
> > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash
> > initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16
> > boot
> >
> > Also my /etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf is attached.
> >
> > Please let know where/what i am doing wrong.
> >
> > I will be thankful...
> > --
> > Fawad Nazir
> >
> >
> >


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Fawad Nazir