Re: New hard drive problem

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, William Walter wrote:

> i've a computer with debian etch. i've recently added a new sata hard drive
> and enter the harddrive in /etc/fstab. It was working fine. Suddenly
> today Debian etch is not booting properly. I'm getting
> the following errors:
>
> Begin:Mounting root file system ...
> Begin:Running /scripts/local-top ...
> Done.
> Begin:Running /scripts/local-premount ...
> Done.
> mount:Mounting /dev/sda1 on /root failed:No such Device
>
> Begin:Running /scripts/local-bottom...
> Done.
> Begin:Running /scripts/init-bottom...
> mount:Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed:No such file or
> directory
> Done.
> mount:Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed:No such file or directory
>
> mount:Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed:No such file or directory
> Target file system doesn't have /sbin/init
>
> BusyBox v1.1.3(Debian 1:1.1.3-3)Built in Shell(ash)
> Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands
> /bin/sh:can't access tty;job control turned off
> (initramfs)
>
> I've checked the cables it's fine. One more thing i like to mention. When i
>
> disconnect the brand new hard drive no problem on booting. The problem
> is only when i add the new hard drive. Can anyone kindly help me find the
> problem? Thanks.


Sounds like your new drive is being found first.  One thing you could do 
is, boot up with the new drive disconnected.  run blkid, this will print 
out the uuid of drive/partitions.  in /etc/fstab , replace /dev/sda# with 
the corresponding uuid.  that way your system wont get confused when it 
finds the new disk.

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