Comment 45 for bug 360378

In the end I just reinstalled and it is now running fine. Perhaps that can
work for you too.

Cheers,
Danny

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On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 16:05, Mark Myers <email address hidden> wrote:

> I am having the same problem. I loaded Ubuntu 10.04 into my laptop with no
> problem whatsoever. I bought a new PC and installed Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit
> version with double boot of Windows 7 which was pre-installed on the
> desktop.
> I am too new to Ubuntu and Linux to know how to edit the config files or
> grub or even where to find them. I think grub is like the bootloader from
> what I understand.
> Just hoping someone can find a good fix for this, until them I will be
> using my Windows 7 for the time being. I can however load via the CD if I
> want to use Ubuntu but its slower. I hope to learn more about Linux but not
> willing to run until after I learn to crawl.
> Please let me know if an answer is found for this.
> Thanks
>
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> Gave up waiting for root device after upgrade then busybox console
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360378
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> Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-image-generic
>
> After upgrade via synaptic on 4/12/09 on Ubuntu jaunty my system is now no
> longer booting correctly was working just fine with previous kernel
> 2.6.28.11 but the changes to this package linux-image after 4/12/09 may have
> caused my system to no longer boot.. & the system falls back to a busybox
> console after displaying the error message Gave up waiting for root
> device.. I have waited for several minutes then issued an exit command & the
> same message is displayed again..
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