Re: New hard drive problem

On 8/6/07, Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com> wrote:

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.