Hi
I have a Debian unstable host which successfully boots from the
linux-image-3.10-1-amd64 kernel package. However, I recently installed
the linux-image-3.10-3-amd64 kernel package, and it is unbootable.
When I boot from the linux-image-3.10-3-amd64 package kernel, the boot
fails and drops me into the initramfs busybox. The messge "Gave up
waiting for the root device." appears, along with "ALERT!
/dev/disk/by-uuid/bla-bla-bla-my-id-here does not exist.".
The problem appears to be that udev is not creating /dev/disk/by-uuid/*
and similar objects. The only directory being created in /dev/disk is
"by-id". Note that the mdadm arrays are being successfully assembled
and I can see them if I cat /proc/mdstat.
the root= argument in grub is a UUID of a mdadm RAID1 array. This
host's boot part is a RAID1, and the root part is a RAID5. This is
standard PC desktop hardware with four disk drives upon which the md
RAIDs are built.
The host has been dist-upgraded as of this time.
Advice appreciated. Otherwise, I'll file a bug on it.