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  1. Bug #285392
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 285392

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sdedgar (ubuntu-tricho) wrote :

I can also confirm this bug. Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5 onto Western Digital WD3200AAJS Caviar SE SATA disk. Trying to install Ubuntu Server 8.10. Install runs ok for me, it's only when trying to boot from the hard disk for the first time I get these errors. I then get "Gave up waiting for root device" and "ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxxxxx does not exist. Dropping to a shell" before being dropped into a busybox prompt. The directory /dev/disk/by-uuid doesn't exist when I first get into the busybox shell, however after a few minutes and a few more "softreset fail" messages, it does eventually appear.

Note - I do get the actual uuid given in that last error, just didn't see any value in copying it into here.

I got the system up using the install disk rescue mode and manged to run an apt-get update and upgrade on the system, which put me to kernel 2.6.27-7.16, but that has made no difference to the problem.