After upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy, Gutsy boot drops to initramfs
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Bug Description
I upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy, but there were numerous errors during the upgrade process.
Eventually, I was able to recover the upgrade via the standard:
apt-get --configure -a
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
However, any boot to kernel 2.6.22-14 would display the ubuntu splash screen, show the progress bar for a few seconds and then drop back to the initramfs / ash prompt.
I do appear to be able to see /dev/disk etc. from there. I tried modprobe of various ide modules to no avail.
I have tried a dpkg-reconfigure on linux-kernel-
I have also tried a manual mkinitramfs and depmod and update-grub, all with the same results.
The machine is about 3 years old, ide only, nforce2 chipset and includes a promise 20269 with two drives. /root is on /dev/hda7 off the mainboard controller. I have had edgy and fiesty running successfully on the machine. I am now using the Feisty kernel (2.6.20) to run.
Below is the results of the info commands you ask above:
cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
gilesb@
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===
ii initramfs-tool 0.85eubuntu20 tools for generating an initramfs
and an lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:07.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20269 (rev 02)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 03)
01:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 01)
01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)
Possible similar bug here, after linux-header 2.6.22-14-generic upgrade on 5th February 2008 boot stops with Busybox message xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx"
Begin: waiting for root file system
check root=bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
or missing modules,devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
Alert /dev/disk/by UUID/"xxxxxxxxx
does not exist. Dropping to shell
Busy Box V1.13
(initramfs)
Still able to use grub to boot with 2.6.20-16-generic
No abnormal UUID identified in Grub. Reinstalling headers doesn't cure boot error.
Asrock 939 Dual-VSTA Athlon 64 x2 Dual core nVidia 6600gt IDE primary master with 32 bit, SATA11 with 64 bit Ubuntu with a grub was also powered during the header upgrade.
$ cat /etc/lsb-release RELEASE= 7.10 CODENAME= gutsy DESCRIPTION= "Ubuntu 7.10"
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_