wont boot

[AmerNewbieInDE]

i cant get my notebook to boot, after selecting ubuntu in grub, it starts to load, but then stops. something about missing or bad file ls /dev ??? any idea? is there a way do do a repair?

[whych]

Can you boot from the live cd and then open a terminal and type: sudo /sbin/fdisk -l and post the output.
Also, what is the whole error message for /dev??

[AmerNewbieInDE]

ok, here is what is on the screen at boot...

[ 16.663115] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] attached SCSI removable disk

Done.

Gave up waiting for root devise. Common problems

-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
-check root= (did the system wait for the right devise?)
- mising modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev

ALERT! Does not exist, dropping to shell

BusyBox v1.10.2

(initramfs)

i am on the pc, started by usb, just cant boot off main drive. i have looked in /proc/ there is nothing there

[AmerNewbieInDE]

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdab5c232

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1275 10240000 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1275 19897 149579776 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 19898 38403 148649445 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 38404 38913 4096575 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 38404 38913 4096543+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x41ffc810

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 37785 303507981 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 37786 38913 9060660 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 37786 38913 9060628+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

[AmerNewbieInDE]

can anyone help??

[presence1960]

Let's get a better look at your setup. Boot the Ubuntu Live CD. Choose "try ubuntu without any changes", when the desktop loads come back here and use the link in my signature to download the Boot Info Script 0.32 to the desktop. Once on desktop open a terminal and run this command
sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh This will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text.

[AmerNewbieInDE]

thanks for the help, i found the error.. it was in menu.lst ... lrft out root=/dev/sda3.. but now i got another problem. I got loged on, but it has me with no privileges. cant even sudo or gksudo users-admin, tells me i am not allowed..

[presence1960]

thanks for the help, i found the error.. it was in menu.lst ... lrft out root=/dev/sda3.. but now i got another problem. I got loged on, but it has me with no privileges. cant even sudo or gksudo users-admin, tells me i am not allowed..

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo

follow the instructions on that link