Unable to boot. My root reported missing.

[daletan]

I was running Breezy, and ran the upgrade as per instructions on site. Reported error
"ALERT! /dev/sdb2 does not exist. Dropping to shell." It drops to shell, cannot find my sdb2 on the /dev list.

I then did a fresh reinstall, clearing the Linux partitions and installing into the free space, using Dapper Beta 2, and I still have the same problem.

Am running a P4B 3.06GHz on a ABit IC7-G. The disk I intended to install to is a Samsung SATA, 160GB running off the chipset. I also have another identical disk on the other mount sda, running WinXP SP2, and a pair of 80GB on RAID1, running off the Promise controller.

[daletan (dale-singapore)]

PS: Yes, was upgrading to Dapper.

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

You get this exact same error when doing a fresh install, not an upgrade? If so, then your bug isn't the same as the one you thought was a duplicate.

[daletan (dale-singapore)]

Yes, I got the same error. I tried some mentioned techniques in the other thread, regarding probing for disks, but have failed mknoding the disk to the device list. However, I do get the same symptoms, which lead me to think they are identical.

'scuse the poor descriptions, a bit of a Linux noob. Can I do anything to clarify?

[Ronny Bangsund (ronnyb)]

This is an attempt at a custom ramdisk,
made with initramfs, but still not booting.