Comment 4 for bug 386028

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Weldon A. Behrens (weldonab) wrote : RE: [Bug 386028] Re: boot does not complete

Need more help. I do not know what needs to be edited and if all mount points exist. Can you tell from the information in attachment what commands I should try.

 > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:28:06 +0000
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> Subject: [Bug 386028] Re: boot does not complete
>
> Maybe you have resized the root partition and so the uuid has changed, than system can't boot because it can't find the partition with old uuid. More info on the following link.
> http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/UUID_-what_is_it_and_why_is_it_a_problem
>
> Start with live cd, then run the command
>
> ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
>
> Then edit the file fstab and change the uuid of the / mount to the right
> one.
>
> --
> boot does not complete
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386028
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>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> boot begins and stalls at;
> Waiting for root file system... ..
> after maybe a minute screen reads;
> Check root=bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
> or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls/dev
> ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/cc4d48f4-05c2-4a2f-ba55-6cf0482856e7 does not exist Dropping to a shell
>
> BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash)
> Enter "help" for a list of built-in commands.
>
> (initramfs)-
>
> The only acces is grub with ESC key. First line reads; Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-24-386; root (hd0,0); kerner /boot/vmlimuz-2.6.24-24-386 root cc4d48f4-05c2-4a2f-ba55-6cf0482856e7 ro quiet splash.
>

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