linux kernel 2.6.28-11-generic fails to find /dev/disk/by-uuid/[number] and drops to shell

Bug #359620 reported by James Jones
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Bug Description

I am running Jaunty Jackalope beta, and updated this morning, which apparently included an update to the 2.6.28-11 kernel. When I restarted, the boot failed, with the message

ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/cf103646-c12b-4573-89ed-cf0387df4cd8 does not exist.
Dropping to a shell!

and then I was put in a busybox shell.

Rebooting and choosing 2.6.28-3-rt allowed me to boot.

Looking at /boot/grub/menu.lst, I see the very same uuid for all choices of Linux kernel. 2.6.28-3-rt found it, 2.6.28-11 did not. I'm not sure why.

As the newer kernel gives up long before I can run uuname et al., it is not clear whether the output of the commands listed in the guidelines makes sense. Please let me know if it does, and I will happily attach the output.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-generic 2.6.28.11.14
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-3-rt x86_64

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James Jones (jamesjones01) wrote :
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BrianL (brianlightfoot) wrote :

Your not alone I also get the same busybox terminal & gave up waiting for root device after an upgrade on 4/11/09

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gerd kainz (kainz-inode) wrote :

Me too

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mjhorsnell (matt-horsnell) wrote :

I had this problem too... solution and description of problem at bug #358654, have marked as a duplicate.

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