Re: Re: Boot from 2.6.26-2-686 fails - unable to find root device
Juha Tuuna said:
>> The boot fails with messages:
>> Gave up waiting for root device.
>> ALERT! /dev/disk/by-label/D5root does not exist.
>> Dropping to a shell!
>>
>> At that stage there is no /dev/disk directory (let alone a by-label
>> subdir!)
>>
>> I use labels for my partitions because I have a mix of SATA and SCSI
>> disks and Etch and Lenny find them in different order! I have exactly
>> equivalent GRUB stanzas for both kernels; 2.6.26-1-686 has no problem.
>>
>Try editing /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Look at the working 2.6.26-1 entry and then match the root= in 2.6.26-2 entry
> accordingly. That should be it.
Done that. That is not the problem - here are the GRUB menu.lst entries:
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=LABEL=D5root ro quiet
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=LABEL=D5root ro quiet
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
The second one works, the first fails. Why?
Bruce
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