Boot hangs with "Waiting for root file system" since kernel 2.6.20-14
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Brian Murray |
Bug Description
I just updated on Feisty to kernel 2.6.20-14 from -13 and when I rebooted it stalled at almost 0%.
I changed grub and removed the -quiet switch and I get the following:
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Loading essential drivers ... OK
Running /scripts/
Mounting root file system ...
Running /scripts/local-top ... OK
Waiting for root file system ...
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If I run in single user mode I see these lines before it stops:
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[ 12.344000] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 12.344000] ata3.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 625142448, hpa_sectors = 4385456
[ 12.344000] ata3.00: ATA-6: WDC WD3200JD-22KLBO, 08.05J08, max UDMA/100
[ 12.344000] ata3.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
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These lines refer to my one and only SATA hard disk on /dev/sda3.
I have spent some time looking around for other people with this issue and just wanted to clarify that my /etc/fstab is using UUIDs instead of /dev/hda or /dev/sda devices (which seemes to be a common issue for some people).
I can still boot with 2.6.20-13. It looks like the SATA controller may have changed between -13 and -14.
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This is probably a duplicate of bug 106063. Could you look at it and let us know if it's symptoms look the same to you. Thanks in advance.