10.04 Install on Older Machine

[robster66]

9.10 worked fine and now I wanted to install 10.04 from a clean install. It installed and when it boots up I get this



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/cc712a59-0bc6-44ca-8a48-9418dabe7888 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

[kansasnoob]

It sounds like you may be effected by this:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:minix

[robster66]

I tried the first part and it said "/bin/sh: sudo : not found". Idk what to do if I have to go through all that, thats insane.

[robster66]

Typing "exit" after awhile brings me to the GUI which makes no sense.

[kansasnoob]

I'm curious how many operating systems are on that machine, just the basic layout.

IMHO I'd consider reverting it to legacy grub. I know how to do it in a chroot if you'd like, or if you have an old Super Grub Disk laying around that should get you booted and then you could just follow this guide:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1298932

If you want to do that in a chroot I'll type up some commands :)

[robster66]

This is the only O/S though.

[kansasnoob]

Typing "exit" after awhile brings me to the GUI which makes no sense.

We posted at the same time :)

When you say "brings me to the GUI" do you mean you do get to the desktop? If you can get booted that HowTo I wrote about reverting to legacy grub would IMHO be the way to go.

Don't get me wrong, I think grub 2 is great, but there are a few corner issues like this with older hardware, and ............... well, a bootloader has one job = get me booted!

[kansasnoob]

This is the only O/S though.

And you can can't get booted in any way?

Even if you can't get booted we can do it from the Live Desktop if you can run a Live CD. I'll just need to see the output of:


sudo fdisk -l

[robster66]

Im booted in now after typing "exit" lol

[kansasnoob]

Im booted in now after typing "exit" lol

I thought that's what you meant, I just wasn't sure.

I really would just revert to legacy grub following this guide:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1298932

It seems long because I tried to explain things so almost anyone could understand it.

Or if you follow that guide by Meierfra:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:minix

Be sure afterwards to go to Synaptic and "lock" the packages "grub-pc" and "grub-common" so a later update doesn't hose your edited configuration :)

[sagarhshah]

Be sure afterwards to go to Synaptic and "lock" the packages "grub-pc" and "grub-common" so a later update doesn't hose your edited configuration :)

Does this mean that if a package is locked it won't update when I mark all updates in synaptic ?

[robster66]

Thanks, will try

[kansasnoob]

Does this mean that if a package is locked it won't update when I mark all updates in synaptic ?

Yes, just highlight the package, click on Package > Lock Version. Some caution should be exercised though. What package are you thinking of locking?