I tried all ideas I could found but finally decided to reinstall.  The
problem went away I haven't seen it since.

Thanks,
  Henrik


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:50 AM, kernel-janitor <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi Henrik,
>
> This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in
> it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try
> with the latest development release of Ubuntu?  ISO CD images are
> available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a
> Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal).  It will automatically
> gather and attach updated debug information to this report.
>
> apport-collect -p linux 305714
>
> Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would
> be great.  It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the
> issue.  Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds .  Once
> you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-
> testing' tag.  This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon
> next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and
> deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.  Please let us know your
> results.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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>
> ** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs
>
> ** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing
>
> ** Tags added: kj-triage
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> 8.10 2.6.27 boot failed, doesn't find /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxxxx
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305714
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> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Installed 8.10 2.6.27-7 on a ASUS M2N68-VM with Samsung 500GB disk and a IDE DVD RW. AMD Athlon64 X2 4850e. Chip set is "Nvidia GeForce 7050PV / nForce 630a (MCP68PVNT)".
> Worked for 2 weeks including upgrade to 2.6.27-9. Suddenly won't boot, dropping to shell with "/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx" doesn't exists. In fact, /dev/disk doesn't exists.
> Searched, read and applied lot of kernel parameters from various problem/bug reports. People with exact the same problems have sometimes been helped by a longer rootdelay and other more obscure kernel parameters. This problem seems fairly common but is disguised as various "This and that chipset/motherboard/HD problems" when in reality is seems to be a common root problem.
> The HW is ok: when booting from the "USB startup disk" I created everything works including mount of the hard drive (this is how this bug report is written). In BIOS everything looks normal and all devices are showing as expected.
> Related, perhaps duplicate (at least it seems to):
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/33269    root filesystem fails to mount (sata_nv module is loaded)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/290153   Fails to find boot device in Intel D945Gnt
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/294123   2.6.27 SATA drives not accessible at boot time, 2.6.24 working
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-965678.html
> http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=765195&page=28
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-981159.html
>
>