Debian :: Boot Hangs - Waiting For Root Filesystem

Dec 9, 2010

I installed Debain Lenny as a dual boot with ubuntu 10.10. Chose not to install Grub legacy in the mbr or in any partition because I thought grub2 could handle it. All went well, updated grub2 in ubuntu and it found Debian, but when I try to boot into Debain it hangs at - waiting for root filesystem. I've searched, but can't fathom why this is happening, much less how to fix it without just reinstalling it.

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- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
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BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

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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

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Code:
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)

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Nov 27, 2010

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Code: Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
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I suspect his may have something to do with it: (copied from terminal output)

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My sources.list:

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release amd64 (20100816.1)]/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main restricted #Added by software-properties
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

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