baraka2000
February 8th, 2010, 05:37 AM
Hey Ubuntu peeps,
I'm a novice. Any help is appreciated.
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu server 9.1 on a Dell PowerEdge server. I have a mirror hardware RAID for the system drive (2 SAS drives RAID level 1). Installation went smoothly, but it did not boot smoothly. I got this error:
Starting up...
Loading, please wait...
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-Check root delay = (did the system wait long enough?)
-Check root=(did the system wait for the right device?)
-Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
I found lots of fixes online, basically changing the root delay to 35 or longer. Like this:
http://stoilis.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/error-on-first-boot-after-installing-ubuntu-on-a-dell-r410/
Problem is all these fixes involve changing a line in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst
This file doesn't exist on the current version of GRUB (v2). The file that replaced this menu.lst in the new GRUB isnt supposed to be edited by the user. But only changed with updates. And yes I did try running the system updates and grub update, neither worked.
So my server works, just doesn't boot clean.
Please help us Obi-wan.
I'm a novice. Any help is appreciated.
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu server 9.1 on a Dell PowerEdge server. I have a mirror hardware RAID for the system drive (2 SAS drives RAID level 1). Installation went smoothly, but it did not boot smoothly. I got this error:
Starting up...
Loading, please wait...
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-Check root delay = (did the system wait long enough?)
-Check root=(did the system wait for the right device?)
-Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
I found lots of fixes online, basically changing the root delay to 35 or longer. Like this:
http://stoilis.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/error-on-first-boot-after-installing-ubuntu-on-a-dell-r410/
Problem is all these fixes involve changing a line in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst
This file doesn't exist on the current version of GRUB (v2). The file that replaced this menu.lst in the new GRUB isnt supposed to be edited by the user. But only changed with updates. And yes I did try running the system updates and grub update, neither worked.
So my server works, just doesn't boot clean.
Please help us Obi-wan.