Software :: Device Error / Cannot Find Root On New Install
Mar 30, 2011New install, linux Fedora 15 Alpha. I am trying to switch over to Fedaora, but the bleeping thing keeps saying device/error/cant find the root.
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General :: Can't Find Boot Device - Error "Unable To Determine Major/minor Number Of Root Device"
Mar 17, 2011I just compiled my first own kernel (I'm using Arch Linux), following the tutorial on the german site. Now I tried to boot it, I ended up failing with this message: Code: Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/sda1 ... Root device '/dev/sda1' doesn't exist, Attempting to create it. ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/sda1' Here is the important part of my menu.lst:
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I simply copy&pasted the Arch-entry, i.e. I also had the disk by uuid there. The failure message was the same, just the root device name was the different name Also, at first I did not have the initrd line in my menu.lst (as written in my tutorial that I may not need it). In this case I had this error message:
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Fedora :: Unable To Find Root Device In 14?
Jan 17, 2011out in finding root device of fedora 14. I've windows XP and fedora 14 installed on. this is the output for blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="962C8EA82C8E834B" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="262C06BF2C068A4F" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda6: UUID="cbcf539a-dee1-4f2f-b68c-ce315ae76e0f" TYPE="ext4"
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Debian :: Solved - Grub2 Cannot Find Root Device?
Jul 23, 2011I have a raid array using mdadm made up of two drives. The drives have two parts, the first for boot information and the 2nd for LVM. Everything but /boot is under LVM management. Originly the two drives were hooked up to a sata controller in a computer with no on-board sata. However I was not able to get the computer to boot to a sata drive off of that controller. So there was an IDE drive with the MBR that loaded grub.
Now the computer in that setup seems to have died. So the drives were moved to another computer with an on-board sata controller and now the bootup works as far as getting to the grub menu. However after the grub menu the error message "Cannot find root device"
I found the boot info script [URL].. note at the time that was run the computer was running with one drive that has a full Debian install with the raid drive in question mounted and chrooted into. The script was ran from the chroot envirment.[URL]..
Fedora :: Unable To Find Root Device Booting 14?
Mar 19, 2011I've installed Fedora 15 with Fedora 14 already installed in other partitions, but now I can't boot Fedora 14 as it prompts "no root device found", these are both grub.confQuote:
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=120
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Ubuntu Installation :: Boot Fails: Can't Find Root Device + Drop To Shell
Dec 27, 2010From one day to the other my system stopped booting properly. Since I (finally) fixed it, I wanted to share my solution. It runs on a fakeraid pair of SSD's of 60 GB each (actually a single Revodrive device, but it shows up as two devices). When Ubuntu 10.10 boots, I'm dropped to a shell.During boot, when I removed "silent splash" from the kernel's command line, I got these messages:
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[ 4.960240] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA OCZ-REVODRIVE 1.20 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 4.960425] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] 117231408 512-byte logical blocks: (60.0 GB/55.8 GiB)
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I doubt that this is what was needed (as I had that already when it didn't work, but I might be required in addition to installing dmraid)
# update-initramfs -a
After installing this, the problem was solved!! This is strange since I don't recall uninstalling this package or changing anything important, for that matter (perhaps did apt-get upgrade, but that's about it!). [URL]
Ubuntu :: Lucid Won't Boot - Error: Can't Find Device
Sep 6, 2010I switched to the linux-image-rt kernel a while back, and decided yesterday to switch back to linux-image-generic. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember how to do this properly, so I just uninstalled all of the linux-rt related packages and then changed the /vmlinuz and /initrd.img symbolic links back to what they used to be and rebooted. So now the machine gets stuck in a memtest whenever I boot from the HD. I'm having trouble figuring out how to fix things from a rescue CD. If I try chroot /mnt/hd (where my old system was), and then update-grub, for example, I get: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?). So, basically I'm completely lost, but also sure that a working system isn't more than a few simple commands away. Can anyone throw me a bone?
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Feb 8, 2011I have been trying to update my server from 6.06 server to 10.04 server. My attempts have been complicated by versions later than 6.06 not being able to properly read my CD-ROM. I used the 'do-release-upgrade' mechanism to upgrade to from 6.06 to 8.04 and then to 10.04. 8.04 loaded OK, but 10.04 fails to boot with the surprisingly common "Gave up waiting for root device" error. It stops at the built-in shell prompt. If I exit from the shell, it seems to boot up normally.
I have verified that the boot partition is /dev/sda1 and the UUID for the partition is correct. My system is an older IBM eServer xSeries 350 with quad 700MHz XEON processors and a 36GB SCSI drive. This system properly installed from the 6.06 CD and boots under this version without problems. So I have some questions. Only the first one needs an answer.
1. What do I need to do to get my system to boot properly?
2. Why was this software released with this error?
3. Why wasn't the faulty loader pulled from the release until it was fixed?
4. Is it possible to revert to the 6.06 loader, which works fine?
5. Why doesn't the loader attempt to try something else that should work instead of just giving up?
Fedora :: Error - No Root Device Found. Boot Has Failed, Sleeping Forever
May 7, 2010I have a Feadora 12 Live CD. It booted up fine on my 700 Mhz computer. I've since then put a new HDD in with which I intended to install Fedora on. But now i get this message
Quote:
No root device found. Boot has failed, sleeping forever
What does this mean? How do get the Live CD to boot?
Ubuntu Installation :: Error During GRUB Boot :: Gave Up Waiting For Root Device
Nov 30, 2010just installed ubuntu 10.10 on my external usb hdd from my 8gb flash drive doing this on a laptop, my primary hdd (internal) is running windows (230gb of 250gb used) so i got an external hdd (2tb) and I decided to install ubuntu on it
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Ubuntu :: LiveCD Customization Error Warning: Could Not Determine Root Device From /etc/fstab?
Jul 31, 2011I'm having a problem trying to customize Ubuntu 11.04 LiveCD.Everything went well until I tried to run the system updates on the LiveCD.This is the error message output:
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root@lkjoel-desktop:/# sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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Ubuntu Servers :: System Boots To Busybox - Error - Gave Up Waiting On Root Device
Aug 4, 2010The system is an old AMD Duron 650MHz that was dug out of the garbage, trying to set it up as a light duty server. I installed ubuntu 10.04 with no errors or troubles during the install, however whenever the system is booted it sits at a cursor for about a minute then goes into busybox giving the error "Gave up waiting on root device." and says that the hard drive does not excist. If I sit at busybox for about another minute and type exit it then boots ubuntu 10.04 with no errors or issues.
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Jan 6, 2010I have a large external drive, which I connect to my laptop via a PCMCIA card - the machine is old and does not have USB 2.0 built in, so I use the PCMCIA card for that.
I am thinking of the following setup, and hope you can give me some tips on whether or not that would be a sound solution:
- designate a boot partition on the laptop's internal hard drive, which could store kernels
- make up a linux partition (or more than one) to use as root for any distribution on the external drive
- keep /home as separate partition on the external drive
My goal in mind is to be able to boot more than one Linux partition from the external drive. I can't make it through USB boot because the PCMCIA card is not recognized before a kernel module is loaded, and I can't use the internal USB 1.1 port for the external drive.
Do you think this is the way to go? Currently, I only have my /home partition mounted off the external drive.
Ubuntu :: Installing On Windows 7 - Error - Cannot Find GRLDR In All Device Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE To Restart
Sep 1, 2011I installed ubuntu today by installing Wubi and after downloading i rebooted computer and selected ubuntu but i got an error saying 'Try (hd0,0): FAT16: NO WUBILDR' and there was few more but i forgot and at the end it says 'Cannot find GRLDR in all device Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart'. it used to work when i had vista...
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Jul 23, 2010I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 and booted to the desktop 2 times. Both times the desktop was so big I could not see any of the icons. The third time and every time I tried to boot again I am getting the following Text Screen warning. "Gave up waiting for root device". I expect I have two different problems, but I can not work on the desktop being to big until I can get this system to boot again.
View 3 Replies View RelatedFedora Installation :: Install Ok - But Boot Failed - No Root Device Found
Nov 21, 2010I have 2 Debian OS's and wanted to put Fedora next to it.
Install went ok, but after rebooting it says: "No root device found. Boot has failed, sleeping forever."
During install from the live CD I didn't "v" the boot (efi or something?) because I thought Grub would take care of everything.
Should I just reinstall again and choose the Fedora bootloader? Won't it mess up Grub?
Ubuntu :: Loaded 10:04 Onto An External Drive And Boot Can't Find It - Error: No Such Device: 4368f21f-d1b6-4c60-8c6b-4d2d38d16920
Sep 23, 2010managed to get things working so well on my laptop i thought i'd install ubuntu onto an external drive so i can boot to either xp or Ubuntu whenever i want, when i started up after the install it doesn't recognise the drive i loaded it to and appears to have lost the link to xp. the exact words are:
error: no such device: 4368f21f-d1b6-4c60-8c6b-4d2d38d16920.
grub rescue>
what i can do to get my xp back, my wife uses the xp and will kill me if i don't sort it, fortunately the comps unrealiable anyway!
General :: Error "gave Up Waiting For Root Device`/ Can't Boot Kernel"
May 23, 2010I needed to use CIFS for accessing a NTFS network share. I decided to include CIFS in the kernel and tried compiling and installing it. Now when I (try to) boot in my new kernel with CIFS support, I get the message: gave up looking for root device.
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Sep 12, 2014I installed Debian Jessie (netinst, daily snapshot) on my Acer Aspire V5-123 laptop in the UEFI mode with the secure boot turned off. everything (network, hardware, partitioning, ...) went smoothly to the last step, but after removing the boot media (USB stick) and rebooting, the firmware could not find the boot device ! The only thing I can think of, is that the EFI boot is not set up properly by Debian installer, but I don't know how to fix it.
View 11 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Error: VFS: Cannot Open Root Device "343" Or 03:43
Jul 16, 2010I have been working with a project pc. I have a new HD loaded with Linspire. After loading the o/s I replaced the motherboard and cpu. I now have a Biostar A780L (Didn't see it listed on the HCL) and an AMD Athalon II Multi-Core Processor. Now when the pc boots I get an error:VFS: Cannot open root device "343" or 03:43 append a correct "root" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount the root fs on 03:43 I tried reloading the o/s but the disk won't read from the DVD ROM. Checked my BIOS and it appears to me that it should read from the DVD ROM first but it goes to the HD and tries to load the o/s there.
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Apr 13, 2011I'm currently setting up a dell server with hardware raid 1 on sas 6r. i got 4 sas installed on the server and configured to raid 1 as stated below,
array 1:
slot 0 & 1
array 2:
slot 2 & 3
during the installation, the installer detect the array 2 as sda and array 1 as sdb.. so i proceed with installation on array 2. after completed the installation, the first reboot lead me to a 'grub-rescue" prompt. by following the guide at url Mode, i've noticed that the boot folder has changed to (hd1,1), which i believe it has changed to sdb1. default root device shows that prefix=(hd0,1)/grub.
Software :: Cann't Find The Device Created Through Device Mapper In /proc/partitions?
May 15, 2011Recently, I created a device sc0 through device mapper. The divice could be found in /dev/mapper/sc0. My problem is that the device doesn't exist in /dev/partitions which will block my following test.BTW, I found dm-0 in /dev/partitions. Is it the same as /dev/mapper/sc0? But the device /dev/dm-0 doesn't exist!
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Mar 1, 2010I am installing 9.10 and when it gets to the preparing partition part, there is no partition showing up? and i can't add one either?
View 4 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Ubuntu 6.06: Mounting /root/sda1 /root Failed: No Such Device
Jan 22, 2010An old machine in our office, running Ubuntu 6.06 all of a sudden will not boot up. I get the following info during boot:
Uncompressing Linux... Ok Booting the kernel
mount: Mounting /root/sda1 /root failed: No such device
mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or directory
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I haven't changed anything on the system as far as I'm aware, and I ran some HD diagnostics and everything seems fine. however when I try to mount the drive with the following command:
sudo mount -t ext3 -o rw /dev/hda1 /mnt
I get the following error:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
superblock on /dev/sda1, missing code
page or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in
syslog - try dmesg | tail or so
I ran fdisk -l and it says the partition type is Linux. The output after running dmesg | tail :
[12207.483801] init_special_inode: bogus i_mode (101)
[12207.483809] EXT2-fs: corrupt root inode, run e2fsck
[12260.427078] init_special_inode: bogus i_mode (101)
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Update: After running e2fsck -p /dev/sda1, I get the following info:
/dev/sda1: clean, 142449 / 9584640 files, 5402711 / 19161520 blocks
General :: Ubuntu - Find The Device Node File For USB Device?
Aug 23, 2011I've bought an X10 Home Automation USB interface: the CM15.
This is the information lsusb gives:
skerit@KIP-DU-SKER:~$ lsusb Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0bc7:0001 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. ActiveHome (ACPI-compliant)
But this tells me nothing about where the device file is! How can I find that, or create one myself?
Ubuntu Installation :: Grub Rescue Mode - Error: Cannot Find A Device For /boot/grub (is /dev Mounted?)
Dec 16, 2010I updated yesterday and now when I start my laptop it goes in to grub rescue mode. I have booted from a 'live cd' and thought I could repair grub from there. In gparted however the partition with ubuntu (sda1) is seen as unknown file system, in terminal when I list the partition table it shows up as FAT16 type. When I try a grub-install it gives this error message:
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OpenSUSE Install :: Error In Installing Gcc 4.5.0 - Error Couldn't Find The C Compiler
Sep 9, 2010i tried to install gcc-4.5.0 on opensuse 11.2 I gave ./configure but it gave the error couldn't find the c compiler.. the message was
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Ubuntu :: AjaXplorer Install - Cannot Find HTML Root Directory
May 19, 2011Installing ajaxplorer on ubuntu 10.0.4. I am new to linux. Cannot find the html root directory where installation files to be put. How to create a symbolic link from it's home (root where ajaxplorer files unzipped) to a place where the web front-end is visible and available to the HTTP server.
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Jul 30, 2010I tried to install Lucid x64. I have a Dell Studio 1555 with a 250gb hard drive. I have it partitioned thusly: A 200GB NTFS partition that I keep all my music/videos/books on. When I have Linux installed, I mount this as /files. I never touch this partition during an OS install. A 100MB EXT4 partition that I created today during the install process. I mount this as /boot. A 4GB swap partition that I created today during the install process.
A 46GB(ish) EXT4 partition that I created today during the install process. I mount this as /. As far as I could tell, aside from being for some reason painstakingly slow, the install process went normally. At the end, I was prompted to remove the disc and press Enter to reboot. I did so. My computer didn't boot. Instead, after BIOS, I got a blinking text cursor for about ten seconds, and then the following message:
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I've tried setting rootdelay=90, but that didn't work, and the majority of the failure output is greek to me. I've found reports of similar problems all over the forums, but nothing really useful or comprehensible.
Ubuntu :: Boot "waiting For Root Device" - Post Install
Mar 4, 2011i have a working Windows 7/xp dual boot prior and post to having installing ubuntu, after installation i removed the usb thumb drive then preformed a reboot. when i got to boot loader where i normally pick Win7/Xp/Linux and pick linux it then runs grub. I get the boot loader screen, select Ubuntu 10.10 "Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- boot args (Cal /proc/cmdline)
- check rootdelay= ( Did the system wait long enough?)
From booting back of live usb
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i tried hitting e and changing (there was more before this)linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdd1 ro quiet splash which kicked me back to same point saying it could not find it at sdd1