Ubuntu :: LiveCD Customization Error Warning: Could Not Determine Root Device From /etc/fstab?
Jul 31, 2011
I'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:
Code:
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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Mar 17, 2011
I 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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I can change the bootup screens, but is it possible to unsquash the filesystem on a Mac?
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i've just burned a livecd (fedora 11), but it doesn't work correctly.it says after i hit boot:
BUFFER I/O error on device sr0 logical block 352328
and then something else, which is similar so i didn't write it down.i read on bugzilla, that is should try to append the boot command with pci=nomsi, but it doesn't work for me
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Jan 16, 2011
i am new to linux . i have the basic knowledge of networking. a week ago i installed debian Lenny version on an old pentium 3.in addition i installed a ddclient configured it according to many tutorials....i searched google a few days but didnt find my case.i ran the folowing command :
ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet
output:
debian:~# ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet
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Apr 24, 2011
I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 from a USB flash memory stick. It works fine until around 95%, where I get the following warning/error:
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I click OK and the installer seems to finish nicely, except the terminal throws several errors along these lines (see photo):
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I tried also with 10.04 LTS, the difference being that the install warning appears two or three times instead of once. Some results from googling (Ubuntu Forums, Ubiquity bug) suggest unchecking the initial update options. I am going to try this but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the boot loader right (there seemed to be problems with this).
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Jan 16, 2011
i have the basic knowledge of networking. a week ago i installed debian Lenny version on an old pentium 3. in addition i installed a ddclient configured it according to many tutorials.i searched google a few days but didnt find my case. i ran the folowing command :
ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet
output:
debian:~# ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet
=== opt ====
opt{cache} : <undefined>
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i installed ddclient before installing apache. the 10.0.0.10 address is the server address in my d link router behind NAT.
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New 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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Feb 8, 2011
I 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?
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just 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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I 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?
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I intend to follow the tutorial here: [URL]
However, I'm confused about determining the boot device number for Windows. I've run "sudo fdisk -l" and I can identify the windows drive in the list it says:
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Boot: *
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Blocks: 155444908+
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