Ubuntu Netbook Remix won't boot

msuffern · 06-19-2010, 02:49 PM

Hi all. Running Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a Toshiba NB205. Been very pleased with it, but after running some updates, it won't boot.

I'm not a technical user AT ALL. I read this and it helped me understand what was going on:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/u...nitrd-bug.html

but I can't put together a solution from it.

The "boot screen" is titled with the line

Code:

GNU GRUB version 1.97~beta4

and gives me the option of booting 2.6.32-22-generic, 31-21-generic, 31-20-generic, 31-19-generic, 31-14-generic and the (recovery mode) of each of these. It won't boot in any of them.

The boot sequence hangs after saying

Code:

sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk

and then says

Code:

Gave up waiting for root device.  Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/c2d9d292-4e14-41a1-aa97-0a92a34d190a does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

and then it kicks me out to BusyBox and gives me an (initramfs) command line.

Have no idea what to do next. Really don't want to have to reinstall the whole OS. Help!

Thanks,
Matt

Kenny_Strawn · 06-19-2010, 05:01 PM

Matt, if you have a USB flash drive or Live CD, you can boot from either of them.

What I do if I have problems like this: As soon as I get to Step 4 of the installation process from the CD (the partitioning stage), I select the "Partiton manually" option and select the partition that Ubuntu was on before but DO NOT FORMAT. Ubuntu gives a warning but lets me continue, and Migration Assistant allows me to migrate documents and settings, along with my user, over to the new installation. See if it boots after this. I know it may be hard, but you may have to reinstall, but as I said, if you do it right, you can keep your old stuff.

MCV44 · 10-23-2010, 02:26 PM

Great question, Matt! Now how about following up and letting everyone know if this suggestion worked or not. It's great when you can get an answer to your question but it's even better when others can benefit from it as well.